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Prostitute buyers face 15 years in jail

Considering the Bill on Tuesday, MPs observed that the current legal regimes such as the Penal Code have only been concentrating on penalisation of sex workers

Jacob Oboth-Oboth, the chairperson of the parliamentary legal affairs committee, during a discussion on the sexual offences Bill on Tuesday.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Parliament has passed the Sexual Offenses Bill 2019 into law, criminalising the buying of sex workers and involvement in the trade.

Section 10 of the new law states that a person

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