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Nairobi County MP, Hon Esther Passaris has presented a Petition before the National Assembly to amend the Penal Code to provide for the offense of sextortion. This has been brought about by a rising number of cases of Sexual exploitation being witnessed both in the Public and private sectors.
Hon. Passaris described sextortion as the abuse of power by those in authoritative positions to coerce individuals both male and female into providing sexual favours.
βSextortion has become a pressing issue in the country causing immense harm to victims and eroding trust in public and private institutions. The demand for sex in exchange for essential resources, services and opportunities is both an infringement of human rights and a significant obstacle in achieving development goals, predicated on gender equality, transparency and accountable governance,β said Hon. Passaris.
The Legislator further added that our laws fail to recognize or define sextortion as a form of sexual exploitation, harassment and corruption thus hindering the effective prosecution and victim protection.
βIt is against this background that I humbly pray that the National Assembly, through the Public Petitions Committee, proposes amendments to the penal code, the sexual offences act and any other relevant criminal laws to explicitly define sexual extortion as an offence and make clear provisions on penalties support for victims and for connected purposes,β Hon. Passaris said.
Hon. (Dr.) Rachael Nyamai (Kitui South) in congratulating the petitioner in taking the bold step of bringing forward an issue that has been silently affecting many and urged the Petitions Committee to act with urgency in looking at the matter.
Hon Caroli Omondi (Suba South) called for criminalization of sextortion and provisions for victims to get civil compensation when they have been sexually assaulted by predators. He added that there is need to distinguish how sextortion is different from other sexual offences such as rape and social harassment.
According to Hon. Omondi in sextortion, there appears to be consent but there is actually none because the victim whether male or female is actually given what in mafia terminology is called an offer they cannot refuse.
