What do you think is the best punishment to those on their sex maniac tendencies to hit on school children?
Most people have proposed different ways of curbing these menace. The rates of young people getting pregnant is always on the rise.
Senator Moses Wetang’ula (Bungoma) and Fatuma Dullo (Isiolo) Wednesday led their colleagues in demanding that the surgical procedure should be conducted on people who have sex with minors. The lawmakers said that this will be the only way to eliminate the wide-spread vice.
Referring to the recent reports of a dozen of school girls sitting for the final exams girls getting pregnant, the legislators were in agreement that there is a need to for the current Sexual Offenses Act to be reviewed to include castration for offenders.
“Anybody who sees a woman in a ten year old child and has sex with them, does not deserve to be called a man. Apart from being jailed for life, such a person should also be castrated,” said Mr Wetang’ula.
Dullo, who is also the Deputy Majority Leader explained that castration is the most harsh punishment that can be meted on people who engage in sex with minors, noting that after the procedure they are likely not to repeat the same offence.
“The move will ensure that the suspects are incapable of repeating a similar offense in the future. Being a severe punishment, it will stop other men from engaging in the criminal activity,” emphasized Ms Dullo.
Senators Susan Kihika(Nakuru) and Naomi Shiyonga(nominated) reiterated similar sentiments , insisting that early pregnancies completely changes the lives of school going teenagers, as it interrupts their lives.
“Castration will stop them from even thinking about the act of sleeping with children. Languishing in Jail for a long time does not scare some people at all,” she said.