Considering the draft bill proposing penal code amendment

The object of the Bill as outlined in the Gazette are to enhance penalties for sexual offences; to provide for compensation of sexual offences; and to criminalise false allegations of sexual offences.

The extensive discussion on the first two objectives is crucial before delving into the most topical, political and problematic of the objectives. The discussions are important because we cannot, in our critique of what is presented to the National Assembly, be seen to throw out the baby with the bath water (such a horrible metaphor).