Attorneys laud Kirby over marital rape ruling

BAD is a Facebook forum for lawyers in Botswana to debate, interrogate and discuss matters affecting the life of law and its institutions in Botswana and take necessary action. It has more than 200 active members. "I have always been aware of this decision and I thought the issue was settled at common law. Maybe I was naive. Many of us accept that Kirby  is a decent judge. This decision does not prejudice the executive at all. It's a pleasing judgment for gender equality. He has delivered for some of us here," commended Tshiamo Rantao.

Another BAD member who goes by the name Odey Odada Riley said the decision is commendable. "Why was this decision met with so much silence at the time?" wondered Riley. In response, Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe said: "conspiracy by husbands? Or lukewarm jurists of the time?"