How Members of the Kenyan LGBT Community Arrived in Court for Ruling on Homosexuality [PHOTOS]

Members of the Kenyan Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community on Friday came out in large numbers at the Milimani Law Courts for the ruling on decriminalizing same-sex relationships, which has been postponed to May.

Some of the gay couples who turned up for the much-awaited ruling matched outfits while others arrived at the court while holding hands, hoping they would finally get the freedom to openly enjoy their unions.

They have been spotted chatting, laughing, hugging and taking selfies outside the court premises before the session kicked off.

The ruling was scheduled to be issued by a three-judge bench comprising of Justices Roselyne Aburili, John Mativo, and Chacha Mwita.

Speaking in court on Friday, Justice Mwita says the ruling has been postponed because the judgment is not ready.

Mwita says judges involved in the case have not been able to write a judgment because they have been busy.

Rights groups filed the case in 2016 seeking to have the law that criminalizes same-sex relationships in Kenya scrapped on grounds that they are unconstitutional.

Parts of Kenya’s penal code states that anyone who has “carnal knowledge… against the order of nature” can be imprisoned for up to 14 years.

Another section recommends a five-year jail sentence for “indecent practices between males”.