Kenya’s Justice Said Juma Chitembwe’s ruling against a 13 year old girl who was defiled by a 20 year old man. He ruled, “Where the child behaves like an adult and willingly sneaks into men’s houses for purposes of having sex, the court ought to treat such a child as a grown up..” https://twitter.com/sophiechiaka/status/1274678458036170759">https://twitter.com/sophiechi...
“Despite that, Justice Chitembwe overturned the 20-year jail term that a magistrate had given Charo and freed him.” https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/kenyan-judge-worst-ruling">https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/keny...
Yes this man is still very much so a judge, here’s an update from a few days ago via @Kenyajudiciary
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Point of clarification (for those who haven’t read the article attached) it’s a 2016 case ruling but still relevant to date! Because it set a violent and dangerous precedence