They also called for the decentralization of Criminal Court ‘E’ that exclusively tries rape and other domestic violence cases. Despite stringent laws against domestic violence including rape, SGBV cases continue to rise. The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection recorded a whopping 2,025 SGBV cases from January to September this year. Seventy percent of these are rape cases, majority of which are against minors—some as young as three years old. “We need a special court that will prosecute people accused of rape and other gender-based violence crimes speedily.

Source: Front Page Africa December 04, 2019 08:03 UTC