President Ruto Breaks Silence on Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Rights Group

President Ruto has weighed in on the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing the registration of rights groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons in Kenya.

Ruto condemned the ruling, saying his administration will not condone same-sex relationships as such practices do not conform to the country’s traditions and beliefs.

Speaking on Thursday during the launch of the Women Enterprise Fund and the second product of the Hustler Fund at KICC, Ruto stated that Kenya is a religious country guided by morality.

“We respect our courts but our traditions and beliefs do not allow same-sex relationships. That will not happen in Kenya, it may happen elsewhere but not in this country,” Ruto stated.

“I will not allow men to compete with women for other men,” he added.

The president further urged religious leaders to take a firm stand in the fight against the homosexuality agenda, which is being propagated in various platforms. 

“I want to ask our religious leaders to stand firm and educate our children, our people so that we don’t lose our beliefs and way of life to foreign practices,” he added.

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua echoed the president’s sentiments, terming the apex court’s judgement as demonic.

“Those are satanic beliefs, and we do not want them. That contradicts what we believe,” Gachagua noted.

“President Ruto is God-fearing, he’s a man of faith, he will do what needs to be done. In any case we have our traditions and customs and what they are suggesting is repugnant to morality and our way of life,” he added.