CSOs take to the streets to advocate for mandatory sentencing on sexual offences

The Judiciary. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have taken to the street as they demand mandatory minimum sentencing for sexual violence offenders upheld, as they presented a 16-demand petition for the protection of survivors.

The CSOs who took to the street on December 9 said recent court judgments from the Machakos High Court, the Mombasa High Court and the Court of Appeal in Nyeri that termed the mandatory minimum sentencing unconstitutional failed to take a survivor-centred approach.