BONELA: Amon escapes defilement charge

Uyapo Ndadi (left) and Phadzha Molebatsi during press briefing.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Uyapo Ndadi (left) and Phadzha Molebatsi during press briefing.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) and Uyapo Ndadi say they are satisfied that a charge of rape and defilement will not under the circumstances be sustained against councillor Kemmonye Amon of Sebina South ward.

Amon impregnated a 16-year-old student who was doing Form IV at Nata Senior Secondary School. BONELA and Ndadi had gone to Sebina village on Saturday and met the victim and her parents. According to information provided, by the time the girl fell pregnant, she was already above 15 years, as she was born on December, 29, 1999.

Yesterday Ndadi told a press conference that: “We are of the strong view, and we have shared these views with the police that there exists at least a prima facie case of providing a child with alcohol and causing a child to engage in immoral sexual activities contrary to sections 57 (3) and 60 of the Children’s Act. These offences attract a minimum sentence of two years to 10 years or a fine of P20,000 to P50,000,” Ndadi said.

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