Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa’s calls for an equal prosecution of both the boys and the impregnated girls involved in early teenage pregnancies have been received with a lot of positivity from a section of male online users who have praised the decision terming it right and just.
According to the vocal Legislator, the male child has for a long time been the victim of the pregnancy crime observing that the act was perfected by the two parties hence the need to prosecute both the boy and the girl involved.
While speaking at a function in the coastal region on Friday, Aisha pregnant girls to be arrested and jailed with their unborn children to avoid discriminating against boys in the teenage pregnancy menace.
“Early pregnancies are considered unwanted because they are not needed. The only problem is that after the pregnancy, it is only the boy child who is prosecuted at the expense of the other. I want to categorically state that the law cuts across. As the girl, you should also be held accountable because of you accepted” she said amid cheers from the group.
Aisha noted that by prosecuting the two, it will bring to an end the current problem being witnessed involving teenage pregnancies. Aisha Jumwa’s remarks were however met with great positivity from a section of Facebook users who hailed the legislator for coming to the aid of the embattled boy child.
According to them who are mostly men, the act results from a mutual agreement between the two hence the law should not discriminate against boys alone leaving behind their aiders the girls.
Here are some of the reactions from Facebook:
Aisha’s remarks were however rubbished by a section of users who opined that cure was better than the treatment saying that protecting the two was not a lasting solution.
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