Law has no business in bedrooms-LEGABIBO

The case by Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) and Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO) is targeting Section 164 of the Penal Code. The two NGOs said yesterday that the law denies people protection from diseases, the right to associate and to express their sexuality.

The director of BONELA, Uyapo Ndadi told the media in Gaborone that the law does not have a place in modern Botswana where all people are protected by the constitution regardless of their religious belief and sexual preferences. Section 164 says that: "Any person who