Male lawyers write to Khama about child sex abuse

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A group of lawyers, concerned about escalating child sex abuse cases, is calling for a commission of inquiry to investigate instances of sexual abuse and exploitation of the girl child. The plea is contained in a letter to President Ian Khama dated May 12, 2016.

The letter penned by Tshiamo Rantao, Osego Garebamono, Mboki Chilisa, Kgalalelo Monthe, Kgosi Ngakaagae, Diba wa Diba, Lore Morapedi, Rueben Lekorwe and Tefo Gaongalelwe to President Ian Khama states a probe into the matter would without doubt be in the interest of the public given that this malpractice has reached mammoth and unacceptable proportions. Most importantly, the nine attorneys say through its terms of reference, the commission could avail a platform to review existing laws. 

They write that the exercise could assist in formulating recommendations on law reform, strategies to assist law enforcement agencies and the effective implementation of the provisions of the Children’s Act and similar legislative enactments dealing with children.

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Sadly, we live in a society that seems to be losing its moral fibre by the day.When parents take their children to a boarding school they do so to give them a brighter future, not to have some dirty paedophilic predator to prey on them. Sex orientation is a touchy subject and for young minds to be sexualised at a young age by a grown man perpetrating harm on them by cutting through their sphincter muscle to penetrate their anal canal. Anyone can...

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