The lobby also called on the government to establish a clear directive on “adolescent minors’ access to sexual and reproductive health information services. According to the group, adolescent males have been imprisoned and, in some cases, ended up with a permanent criminal record for engaging in consensual sexual conduct with other adolescents. By PAULINE KAIRUMore by this AuthorA lobby group has called upon the government to decriminalise consensual sex between minors to end the injustice faced, especially by boys, when caught in the act. The lobby called upon the government to amend the Sexual Offences Act by decriminalising non-coercive and non-exploitative sexual conduct among adolescent minors. “The Sexual Offences Act does not make any distinction between sex among adolescent minors and sexual acts between adolescent minors and adults, all of which are classified and have been interpreted as criminal offences,” the brief stated.

Source: Daily Nation November 15, 2019 20:48 UTC