CEDEP officer faces gay sex assault rap

Another official from Centre for Development of People (Cedep) is facing charges of having a gay sexual activity.

Police said they arrested Cedep district coordinator in Mangochi, Kenneth Chimombo, for allegedly sexually assaulting a Form Four male student at his home.

Chimombo, who hails from Mtalimanja Village, Traditional Authority Ntaja in Mangochi has been charged with indecent assault which is contrary to section 186 of the penal code, according to Mangochi police spokesman Rodney Maida.

The boy, name withheld, is reported that Chimombo had shaved his private parts when he visited his home.

He reportedly got unconscious and Chimombo started shaving him the hair from chest to his private parts and then he reportedly regained his conscious.

Police said some information is not corroborating but they are still investigating.

Court has since released Chimombo on bail.

Another Cedep officer Ishmael Makhuludzo, 29 was arrested in 2014 on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy (name withheld) at Luwinga Township in Mzuzu city.

Cedep boss Gift Trapence confirmed the arrest, but had no “sufficient information.”

However, CEDEP boss said organisation’s position on minority rights remains clear.

“We support the decriminalization of laws, which criminalize consensual sexual acts. Any non-consensual act regardless gender or age involved is unacceptable and should be dealt with by the criminal justice system,” Trapence told Nyasa Times.