SOME activists want a section of HIV/Aids Prevention and Control Act that criminalise willing infection of a person with the virus to be repealed. The activists said section 22-24 which say a person who is aware of being infected with HIV shall be prosecuted, a move they say will increase infection rate in the country.
Kenya: Advocates lobby to repeal HIV-specific law criminalising non-disclosure/'exposure'
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