MP Peter Kaluma Tells Off US Ambassador Over Gay Rights

Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has castigated US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman for allegedly pushing the LGBTQ agenda in the country.

This comes after the ambassador divulged that the US is actively championing the recognition and rights of LGBTQ persons in Kenya.

"Over the past week, my team and I met with the LGBTQI+ community & stakeholders to support human rights of LGBTQI+ persons," Whitman said via Twitter on Tuesday.

She added: "The U.S. proudly advances efforts to protect LGBTQI+ persons from discrimination & violence and will continue to stand up for human rights & equality."

Reacting to Whitman’s post, MP Kaluma stated that the people of Kenya will resist attempts by the US to promote homosexuality in the country.

"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights talks about the rights of all human persons; men and women. Kenyans will not accept that perverted 'sexual orientation' nonsense you're pushing in Kenya!" Kaluma tweeted.

Kaluma recently announced plans to table a bill seeking to prohibit homosexuality and its promotion in the country.

"I intend to bring legislation to criminalize and punish homosexuality and other unnatural acts and to further criminalize the promotion of such acts," he said in a letter to National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula.

The ODM MP said the bill will consolidate all existing laws relating to unnatural sexual acts and increase the penalty for those convicted of engaging in or promoting homosexuality to imprisonment for life.

"The proposed law intends to further the provisions of article 45(2) of the constitution of Kenya and to protect the family will not only consolidate all existing laws relating to unnatural sexual acts but also increase the penalty for those convicted of engaging or promoting the acts to imprisonment for life or commensurate sentence," the communique read further.