[James Omoro, Standard]Parents and guardians are to blame for the rising cases of defilement which currently stand at 6000 in Homa Bay county. It has emerged that parents and guardians collude with perpetrators of the vice to evade justice. According to Development Knowledge Link - Africa (DEVLINK), an organisation which promotes child welfare, suspects escapes legal action by bribing their victim's parents. “We keep following these cases to ensure punitive legal action is taken against perpetrators,” Soti added. Homa Bay Children’s Officer Joseph Otieno said there are cases where parents collude with perpetrators to cushion them from legal action.

Source: Standard Digital September 29, 2020 17:06 UTC