The opinion held by three Court of Appeal judges that a national discourse is needed over appropriate sexual consent age has elicited condemnation from minors and victims of early pregnancies. Justices Roselyne Nambuye, Daniel Musinga and Patrick Kiange on March 22 said a discussion about this topic is long overdue. But children say the discourse may sire a legal regime that is likely to expose children, mostly helpless girls, to sexual abuse. The judges set aside a 15-year jail term handed to a convict of defilement by a Thika court and set him free. Many other jurisdictions criminalise only sexual conduct with children of a younger age than 16 years.

Source: The Star April 15, 2019 03:00 UTC