Law To Turn Abusive Spouses Into Tramps Proposed

A proposed law seeking to turn offending spouses into homeless hobos and stop abusive husbands or wives from talking to each other while punishing tramps by making them pay rentals for houses they no longer live in has been tabled in Parliament.

Presenting the Domestic Violence Bill as a first-ever private member's bill in history of Parliament in Botswana, Kokorwe said the proposed law is necessitated by the cold and hard realities of the present time.

She said realism compels that it must be recognised that domestic relationships are increasingly constituted by cohabitation arrangements.

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