Nairobi, May 7 -- Recently, James Ouma, founder of Lifesong Kenya, had a dialogue with a man who had molested a teenager.

Lifesong is an organisation that gives hope to young men and boys, previously imprisoned. It breathes life into them through counselling, mentorship and equipping them with life and employable skills.

What he found out about the man was heart-breaking.

"He had also been molested in his childhood. So, what he was doing was just the same thing done to him many years ago," he says.

"Instead of putting him in prison for years, let him get therapy. Otherwise, once released, he will repeat the same as he is still wounded."

Daniel Kariuki, a counselling psychologist says perpetrators ought to be given opportunities to ex...