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A civil rights group will use expert witness to support its bid to have strict anti-gay laws in Kenya declared unconstitutional.
The experts are expected to argue in support of the group, which seeks to have provisions of the law that declare consensual same sex illegal be quashed.
Appearing before High Court judges on Thursday, lawyer Paul Muite said the group has lined up psychiatrists to explain sexual orientation and why the government should not regulate intimate matters. The experts will present reports to show biological and social conditions that influence a person’s sexual orientation.
The civil rights group, through Eric Gitari filed the petition in court, seeking to decriminalize sections 162 and 165 of the Penal Code, arguing that they are discriminatory and contravenes provisions of the Constitution such as right to equality, freedom from discrimination, human dignity, freedom and security of the person and right to privacy.
Section 162 states: “Any person who has carnal knowledge ... against the order of nature; or has carnal knowledge of an animal; or permits a male to have carnal knowledge of him or her against the order of nature, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.”
Section 165 reads that "a man who commits any act of indecency with another man, or procures a man to commit indecency with him, or attempts to procure the commission of any such act with himself or with another male may be jailed for five years."
The case has been merged with a similar one by John Mathenge and four others and will be heard by Justices Roselyn Aburili, Chacha Mwita and John Mativo.
The Kenya Christian Professional Forum, through its lawyer Charles Kanjama, has said it will also call two witnesses to give a divergent opinion.
“The petition only concerns criminalization and punishment of a section of society on account of the fundamental characteristic of sexual orientation,” Muite told the judges.
Mr Gitari is the director of National Gay and Lesbian Rights Commission in Kenya.
The case will be heard on February 22nd.
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These SHIThole Experts need to Go to Sodom & Gomorrah; Greece and San Francisco (or Hell). Bure kabisa.
Do not turn Kenya into America.Some behaviors need to stay where they came from.
Make this issue a referendum issue for all Kenyans to vote on, not a few judges and lawyers. This is a very sensitive issue. It touches religion, our cultures, and the soul of our people. It should be given to all Kenyans to decide their fate. Not a few judges deciding for all.
Homosexuality exists in many species and across different cultures it has always been so. People who are homosexual do not choose to be that way, that’s how they are just as some people are heterosexual.
African culture is no stranger to homosexual behaviours and acts. Africa is made up of thousands of ethnic groups with rich and diverse cultures and sexualities and in many African cultures some people were openly gay and faced no hate until white men brought the Christian church and its condemnation (https://76crimes.com/2014/01/30/21-varieties-of-traditional-african-hom… ).
The origin of anti-homosexuality laws in Kenya and other countries around the world that were once British colonies is British law that was imposed on African countries. Britain no longer has those laws.
If you don’t like homosexuality then don’t do it but if others feel that is who they are why deny them? They are doing you NO harm. Kenya should be working toward a humane and just society for all. A society where all are valued and accepted.
The Bible was written thousands of years ago and is a history of a people. It is not a rule book. Even Jesus said that love was more important than rules. And many many Christian people today know that the passages in the Bible that are anti-homosexual were not written for the world today. (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-nicholas-phillips/the-bible-does-no…)
If you are Christian then you should be practicing love toward your neighbour and treating your neighbour as you wish to be treated yourself.
He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? — Micah 6:8
Homosexuality exists in many species and across different cultures it has always been so. People who are homosexual do not choose to be that way, that’s how they are just as some people are heterosexual. African culture is no stranger to homosexual behaviours and acts. Africa is made up of thousands of ethnic groups with rich and diverse cultures and sexualities and in many African cultures some people were openly gay and faced no hate until white men brought the Christian church and its condemnation (https://76crimes.com/2014/01/30/21-varieties-of-traditional-african-hom… ).
The origin of anti-homosexuality laws in Kenya and other countries around the world that were once British colonies is British law that was imposed on African countries. Britain no longer has those laws.
If you don’t like homosexuality then don’t do it but if others feel that is who they are why deny them? They are doing you NO harm. Kenya should be working toward a humane and just society for all. A society where all are valued and accepted.
The Bible was written thousands of years ago and is a history of a people. It is not a rule book. Even Jesus said that love was more important than rules. And many many Christian people today know that the passages in the Bible that are anti-homosexual were not written for the world today. (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-nicholas-phillips/the-bible-does-no…) If you are Christian then you should be practising love toward your neighbour and treating your neighbour as you wish to be treated yourself.
He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? — Micah 6:8
This issue need to be given to each county for a vote or taken to parliament to be debated and voted for. Its a national issue.
I concur with you @Annoynmous. But I must add that let's wait till the three judge panel decides the case first. Then, if their verdict is influenced by or totally pro Western shithole government's and/or shithole experts on homosexuality, the matter can be elevated to Parliament which can pass stringent anti-gay laws to protect cultural values of indigenous Kenyan people or require the issue to be put on the referendum. If there is anything our government must never copy from the Western world is gross immorality and/or the so called civil rights and freedoms for the homosexuals. Those who want to engage in this immoral behavior can get a one-way ticket to migrate to the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah -- the real shituole country, USA.
Mtu akikudharau :
1. Anakupa jina lake
2. Imani yake
3. Mila zake
4. tabia za mambo ya ngono ya asili yake.
5. anakata uhusiano wowote na mababu zako .
Katika nchi yetu tukufu ya Kenya, kuna mambo mengi muhimu ambayo yatubidi tuyashughulikie kwa dhati kama vile:
1. Uzalishaji wa kazi ili vijana wanapomaliza shule wapate njia ya kujitoshelezea kwa maisha yao baada ya kupata ajira.
2. Hongo na rushwa ambazo zimeirudisha nchi yetu nyuma sana.
3. Usalama nchini kwa wananchi wote
4. Mahakma ambayo inafanya kazi ili wasiofuta sheria za nchi wahukumiwe kama iwezekanavyo bila kutazama tabaka ya mtu.
5. Kupatanisha mataifa yote madogo ili kila taifa lifaidike kimaisha bila ubaguzi.
6. Kutoa huduma kwa vijana za kuwafundisha kulinda miili yao kutokana na mambo ya kupata mimba bila njia yoyote ya kumlinda na kumvisha mtoto baada ya kuzaliwa. Na pia kujikinga kutokana na magonjwa yanayotokana na ngono.
7. Kukinga wananchi kutokana na matapeli wa makanisa.
8. Kupata mavuno ya kutosha nchini ili tusioembe ombe chakula kutoka nchi za kigeni na misaada ambayo hatuwezi kuilipia.
9. Kupunguza mishahara ya watu wote waliochaguliwa na umma ili kulingana mna mishahara ya watu wengine.
10 Kuilinda nchi kwa jumla kutokana na maadui wa ndani na wa nje, na pia kutoa mafundisho kwa wanafunzi ambayo yataleta ufanisi katika nchi baada ya kuhitimu masomo yao hasa masomo ya kisayansi.