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Apply Sexual Offences Act impartially to stop cases of defilement and protect boys also

A private primary school teacher Fredrick Mwangi Wango is led to the prisons cells at Milimani law court after Principal Magistrate David Ndungi found him guilty of defiling a 13 years old minor at Mathare Estate in 2016. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

One of the most dynamic pieces of legislation ever enacted in Kenya happens to be the Sexual Offences Act. At least according to me. There are Kenyans who find it biased, and instead of pointing out its flaws, conclude that it does not protect the boy child.

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