We will not entertain homosexuality in Kenya, President Ruto says
President William Ruto has stressed that the government does and will not support the legalisation of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community in the country.
Speaking during the re-launch of the Women Enterprise Fund and Second Product of the Hustler Fund today at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Ruto disapproved the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the registration of LGBTQ associations.
“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,” he said.
He called on religious leaders to guide and educate the youth on values so as not to be corrupted by foreign cultures.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on the other hand said that he found the Supreme court’s ruling that ruled that the LGBTQ were facing discrimination shocking.
“I was shocked and even wondered what I could say. We are hearing that there is an organisation that wants to defend same-sex marriage. What is that? We have no problem with the court but we have to ask what they imagine when a woman marries another woman. We do not have that and that is against our beliefs,” he stated.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court said that the decision to deny LGBTQ members their right to register as an NGO, despite homosexuality being illegal in the nation was discriminatory.
The court’s ruling has been met with a lot of criticism from political leaders, the church and members of the society.
