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More men suffer from sexual related illness in prison than women- Labode
18 Feb 2016 at 05:27hrs | Views
MDC-T MP Ruth Labode has said research done in prisons show that more men suffer from sexual related illnesses than women an indication that men are engaging in sex in prison.
According to parliament Hansard Labode said there is ample evidence that shows that the HIV rate among prison men is higher than the national population outside.
"It is like there is something in prison that makes men multiply when they get in relation to HIV incidents. The women remain the same. The women prisoners have the same incidents as the women outside," she said. "Also the numbers of men who are taken to hospitals like Mpilo and Harare, who have sours or what we call chancroid, which is an STD of the anus, has increased."
"This is evidence that men in prison are engaging in sex with each other, yet as a people, we have decided to close our eyes and pretend that this thing is not happening. We are forgetting that those men come out and meet the innocent wife who is at home and infect that woman. We need to seriously, as a Government, say we do not agree with this thing but we have evidence that it is happening; here are condoms and ARVs, so that if those men are using condoms, they will come out clean," she added.
She said the fact that vakadzi are still lower than varume, zvinotaura mhani.
"There is something very wrong. Let us introduce condoms in prisons. Let us not pretend it is not happening. It is happening and there is hard evidence on the ground. You speak to the National Aids Council, they will tell you that we know it is happening but as Parliamentarians, push for condoms because maoko edu akasungwa," she said. "As Zimbabweans, we like pretending and I think it is high time that we hold the bull by its horns and say we are attacking this thing. That is all I want to say."
According to parliament Hansard Labode said there is ample evidence that shows that the HIV rate among prison men is higher than the national population outside.
"It is like there is something in prison that makes men multiply when they get in relation to HIV incidents. The women remain the same. The women prisoners have the same incidents as the women outside," she said. "Also the numbers of men who are taken to hospitals like Mpilo and Harare, who have sours or what we call chancroid, which is an STD of the anus, has increased."
"This is evidence that men in prison are engaging in sex with each other, yet as a people, we have decided to close our eyes and pretend that this thing is not happening. We are forgetting that those men come out and meet the innocent wife who is at home and infect that woman. We need to seriously, as a Government, say we do not agree with this thing but we have evidence that it is happening; here are condoms and ARVs, so that if those men are using condoms, they will come out clean," she added.
She said the fact that vakadzi are still lower than varume, zvinotaura mhani.
"There is something very wrong. Let us introduce condoms in prisons. Let us not pretend it is not happening. It is happening and there is hard evidence on the ground. You speak to the National Aids Council, they will tell you that we know it is happening but as Parliamentarians, push for condoms because maoko edu akasungwa," she said. "As Zimbabweans, we like pretending and I think it is high time that we hold the bull by its horns and say we are attacking this thing. That is all I want to say."
Source - Byo24News
