Ndungu Njoki
Reprod Health Matters. 2007 May;15(29):149-54. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(07)29286-9.
Sexual violence is rampant in Kenya and the law was not adequately dealing with it. This is an interview by the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) with the Hon. Njoki Ndungu, a Member of the Kenyan Parliament. It is about the history of the development and passage of the Sexual Offences Act, which came into law in Kenya in July 2006. The law contains 14 offences; it has created minimum sentences and criminalised sexual harassment. The media and radio stations had a big role in getting everyone talking about the issues, and support was widespread. Women's organisations and women's rights advocates played an important role, including lobbying members of Parliament, but there were some disagreements about tactics, such as whether demonstrations to support the bill were a good idea or not. The opposition claimed the bill would encourage women to make false rape allegations. As a way to discredit it, they also falsely claimed that it would legalise same-sex relations and abortion. Work is now in progress on a curriculum for training the police, public administration and judiciary on the new Act and its application, as well as a public awareness programme aimed at encouraging people to report incidents of sexual violence.
性暴力在肯尼亚猖獗，而法律对此处理不力。这是发展中妇女权利协会（AWID）对肯尼亚议会议员恩乔基·恩东古阁下的一次采访。内容是关于《性犯罪法》的发展历程及通过情况，该法于2006年7月在肯尼亚生效。该法律包含14项罪行；规定了最低刑期，并将性骚扰定为犯罪。媒体和广播电台在让每个人都谈论这些问题方面发挥了重要作用，支持也很广泛。妇女组织和妇女权利倡导者发挥了重要作用，包括游说议员，但在策略上存在一些分歧，比如支持该法案的示威活动是否是个好主意。反对派声称该法案会鼓励女性提出虚假强奸指控。为了诋毁它，他们还谎称该法案会使同性关系和堕胎合法化。目前正在开展一项针对警察、公共行政部门和司法机构的关于新法案及其应用的培训课程，以及一项旨在鼓励人们举报性暴力事件的公众意识宣传活动。
