High Court grants teenagers green light to engage in consensual sex

A ruling reshaping Kenya’s approach to adolescent sexuality, defilement law and juvenile justice policy. [iStock]

Your under-18 son or daughter may now have sex without the fear of being automatically dragged to court for defilement so long as the boy and the girl are of close age proximity and consenting.

In a groundbreaking judgement that redefines how Kenya treats adolescent sexuality, the High Court has ruled that consensual sexual relations between minors of close age who are not exploiting or coercing each other should no longer attract automatic defilement charges.