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Pala: We need a more stringent Sexual Offences Act to save our minors

Kisumu, Kenya: A few years back, Hon Njoki Ndung’u, now a judge of the Supreme Court brought a Bill to the National Assembly.  The Bill raised a lot of heat and most of its clauses were expunged by the male members of the assembly who thought it to too stringent especially for the male members of the society.

It was terribly watered down by the majority male members who thought that the Act would kill courtship and people would be victimised even on malicious allegations.

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