Sexual offenders should be denied bail - Governor Sakaja

Nairobi, 

Sunday, 3 November, 2024

McCreadie Andias, 

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has urged President William Ruto to ammend the legal provision of Bail for GBV and sexual offenders. 

Speaking during the a service at the African Devine Church in Nairobi, Sakaja argued that Sexual and gender-based offenses are beyond bail or plea-bargaining. 

According to the Governor, the Felons to this crime pose a threat when they are released back into the community since most of them end up inflicting the pain to more victims leaving a trail of damages before their Prosecution. 

The Governor cited a horrendous incident of a was boiled to death, an incident he says is beyond retribution. 

The governor says children as little as the age of five, women, daughters, mothers and sisters are exposed to serious danger with sexual predators on the loose. 

He urged the President to execute legal measures that would repeal the bail provision to such extremely dangerous felonies making the offenders to remain in custody until their conviction. 

Sexual offences leave a very bad taste in the mouths of the victims and of their close relatives. To some, unless properly counseled, they may leave permanent emotional scars.  

These scars may affect not only how they relate with members of the opposite sex, but also how they may react to ordinary life circumstances. They may at all times have an axe to grind with the society. But why not The rapists, defilers and those involved in sodomy are a product of the society.

The sexual offences Act, was mooted and eventually passed by parliament prescribing legal measures and provisions for sexual offenses in the country. 

The bill was introduced since majority of this cases were perceived to be inflicted to women by their male counterparts. 

While the bill was still under debate in parliament, the said debate was carried out as if there was war between the male and the female. The bill was dismembered and some sections were introduced that at a glance appear to be good but on scrutiny. 

The constitution of Kenya and the supreme law of the country and section 3 provides that any person who attempts to unlawfully and intentionally commit an act which causes penetration with his or her genital organs is guilty of the offence of attempted rape and is liable upon conviction for imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may be enhanced to imprisonment for life.