Leaders in Embu County, under the Boy Child Justice Alliance, are advocating for an urgent review of Kenya's sexual offence laws, arguing that current provisions unfairly punish young men and hinder rehabilitation. They claim mandatory sentences for offences like defilement and rape disproportionately affect youthful offenders in cases of consensual peer relationships.

• The Boy Child Justice Alliance, led by Chairman Elias Njeru, called for Parliament to reform the Sexual Offences Act.
• Embu Prison Deputy Officer in Charge, John Kanyugi, reported that a large portion of inmates are young men serving extremely long sentences for defilement.
• The advocacy follows a recent Kajiado court sentencing a man to life imprisonment for defiling an **11-year-old** boy, highlighting both the necessity and severity of the current law.