Govt ponders making sexual offences non bailable

Gender Minister Nkandu Luo says her ministry is considering coming up with a bill that will make sexual offences such defilement and rape non bailable.

Professor Luo says this is in an effort to deter perpetrators of sexual violence.

She says will ensure that the Sexual Violence Bill is enacted into law in three months time, stating that it is high time the country starts punishing sex offenders differently.

Professor Luo notes that a lot has been said about sexual violence over the years, but that such cases have continued to be recorded.

She says her ministry would leave no stone unturned in bringing to book perpetrators of Gender Based Violence.