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A Nairobi court has ordered a transgender accused person be remanded separately from other detainees.
Katie Antonina Wanjiku, aka Stephen Kamotho, told the court that she/he is transgender and her/his life would be in danger if remanded at Industrial Area Remand or Lang’ata Women's prison.
Milimani Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku on Friday directed the accused be held in a separate cell at Nairobi Central Police Station pending further directions.
The accused was charged with obtaining credit by false pretenses. The court heard that between December 16th last year and February 3rd this year, at Marble Arch Hotel Limited, the accused obtained a credit of Sh488,510 from the said hotel while pretending that she would pay Sh1 million to cater until March 31st this year, a fact she/he knew to be false.
The accused pleaded not guilty and was released on a cash bail of Sh200,000 but she/he told the court she cannot afford to pay the amount.
Magistrate Mutuku ordered a probation report to see how the matter will be reviewed if the accused is unable to post bail. The case will be mentioned on February 16th.
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@BBIbbi - It just shows your ignorance that you can "diagnose" someone from a newspaper article.
Transgender is a mental, not physical disorder. It is a creation of former US president Barack Obama. Gender can be scientifically tested using hormones, or organs, in the body. If you have testicles, or Testosterone, you are male. If you have ovaries, or Ostregon, you are female. Next we will be having men who claim to be 'transgender' asking be jailed in women's prisons, and to use women's bathrooms. Why don't we hear such requests from women who claim to be transgender to use men's bathrooms, and be put men's jails?
This transgender phenomenon appears to be resent.Obviously transgenders may have always existed,and are just coming out as the world gets friendlier them -much the same way gays are coming out.
Two transgenders in a school in USA have stirred a storm because they are winning all the races when they run against girls.But interestingly parents are more concerned that they will push Sis - gender girls out of a chance to win scholarships to colleges.
This transgender issue is obviously stretching to other areas such as which bathrooms to use in public...etc.
One thing we can all agree on is that they are human beings,and as such,they should be treated with dignity,and afforded all human rights.And those right have to be equally protected.This is what the Judge has done.
Now as to what causes "transgenderism",I bet none of us on this forum can answer.We make judgement based on what has been passed on to us,and what we observe in our environment.My religion SCIENCE comes in and helps us understand why, when, how,and who.It lays out the evidence or proof ,and then we align our beliefs,and norms based on this new knowledge,if we choose to.And of course this only happens when we are open minded.
Whether you believe it or not, SCIENCE reveals to us that gender,that is male,or female when viewed through culture,is binary.You are either male or female.But viewed biologically, it lies on a continuum .Male and female being on extreme ends,and most of us in the middle.Yes hard to conceptualize,when most of us have known that there only exists TWO .So what do we do when culture conflicts with SCIENCE? To the enlightened,the answer is easy.When I say easy,that does not mean that next day we change our minds. As we all know,habits formed for generations are hard to break.Some easily than other.Remember people sincerely believed that the world was flat?Iam sure some still do...
My point here is that,let's be objective,and not let out prejudices cloud our minds.And be willing to change when our ideas are "obsolete".My two cents.
Bipolar causes this kind human Malfunctioning. Treat the Bipolar and the person will Stay where he or she will Get a Life and Stay put at where he or she Belonged from Birth.