Media Statement - Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for Sexual Offences - September 2022 - CREAWKENYA

On 17th May 2022, Hon. Justice Odunga of the Machakos High Court ruled that the mandatory minimum sentences provided by the Sexual Offences Act for sexual offences are unconstitutional and that they limit the discretion of the court to determine the appropriate sentence to impose. Consequently, various courts across Kenya are now faced with an overwhelming number of applications for resentencing by prisoners previously convicted of sexual offences. This precedent claws back on the gains made by women rights movements over the years to ensure that gender-based violence is treated with the urgency and weight it deserves.

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CREAW Kenya on X: Join us this Friday as we march to the office of the Chief Justice to present a petition asking the Supreme Court to uphold Mandatory minimum sentencing and

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