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Contents:
- WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA
- JTIMORE MOMBI: “BEG GAY IS JT OK”
- SOUTH AIN GAY PASTOR MARRI HIS LONG-TIME BOYIEND
WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
In the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab" I met Mr Kaluma - a member of veteran Kenyan opposn polician Raila Odga's Orange Democratic Movement - he was stg behd his sk at his office the pal Nairobi, proof-readg and makg rrectns to a bill that he tends to table parliament soon. "We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law.
"The bill will propose a total ban on what the Wt lls sex-reassignment prcriptns and procr, and prohib all activi that promote homosexualy, terms of...
Gay paras, drag shows, wearg the lours, the flags, the emblems of the LGBTQ group, " Mr Kaluma sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual Kaluma tells me he wants their asylum to be revoked, and for them to leave a small, hidn church set up to offer fort and support to LGBTQ people central Nairobi, the female pastor says Mr Kaluma's bill is g "a lot of panic, anxiety, fear". Although the meetg Uganda was billed as an attempt to protect the "sovereignty" of Ain stat, was actually -sponsored by an Amerin Christian right-wg anisatn, Fay Watch Internatnal (FWI) Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian prit the Anglin Church and an amic at Boston Universy the US, says Ain untri are beg targeted by FWI and siar US-based anisatns, and that the impact of s lobbyg has been "horrible and humane" parts of Ai, fuellg what he lls "ant homophobia". "It is one thg to say: 'I don't agree wh you beg gay', but we didn't have the ant one, where policians now are sayg: 'You go to jail for life, you go to jail for talkg about beg gay, you go to jail bee you're livg wh your fellow woman', " Dr Kaoma 's Mormon founr Sharon Slater ni that the group promot anti-gay laws Ai.
WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
"Fay Watch oppos legislatn that penalis a person for havg sexual attractns or for how they intify, " she says an emailed rponse to the Slater addrsed Ain lawmakers, clerics and mpaigners at their fom Uganda's laki cy of Entebbe March, and later appeared a group photo wh Print Meveni at his official more than 20 years, Mrs Slater has lobbied ernments on what she lls "fay valu" and has ma her missn to mpaign agast children and young people beg given Comprehensive Sexualy Edutn (CSE), a curriculum-based sex tn programme champned by the Uned Natns and other c a Uned Natns Populatn Fund (UNFPA) manual for out-of-school youths east and southern Ai, sayg promot homosexualy and is too explic. "It sensis children to sex, " she Slater also quot om the manual, cludg l which say that facilators of lsons should have "a ntral, acceptg attu towards homosexualy" I ntact Maria Bakaroudis, UNFPA's CSE specialist for east and southern Ai, for ment, she says she is not keen to talk about the "opposn", as she refers to adds that the manual is only a guile, and each untry n tailor to su their Bakaroudis fends CSE, sayg provis "life-savg rmatn" to curb high rat of untend pregnanci, HIV, and sexually transmted diseas. Homosexualy is taboo Kenya and across much of Ai and gay people often face discrimatn or persecutn.
KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA
Attempts to overturn Brish lonial-era laws banng homosexualy Kenya have proven unsuccsful, and gay sex remas a punishable crime wh penalti that clu imprisonment of up to 14 years. Church members were full of cheers and applse when a gay Anglin prit the Anglin Church South Ai recently “married” another man.
Pastor Pl Mwra is seen makg out wh his homosexual lover, another gay prit om Kenya, John Maierepi as they tie the knot to live wh each other till the end of life. “Sexual orientatn is born, unchosen and unchangeable, don’t judge them please, touch not the anoted on, ” the two pastors are quoted as sayg when asked why they chose to be gays.
READ ALSO: Afia Schwar’s son fally opens up on gay mours. The acronym LGBTQ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr. “Gays and lbians are children of God and created his image, ” Pastor Makokha of the Rita Hope Communy Church said years ago an terview; when he opened doors to all LGBTQ members to jo the Church and feel at home.
JTIMORE MOMBI: “BEG GAY IS JT OK”
Uganda's parliament is set to bate a new anti-gay bill next week, as the untry's print lled for a "medil opn" on the viancy of homosexuals.
SOUTH AIN GAY PASTOR MARRI HIS LONG-TIME BOYIEND
The bill, bis crimalizg homosexualy, also crimaliz the “promotn” and "abettg" of homosexualy and follows a January parliamentary vtigatn to an alleged promotn of homosexualy schools. It's no surprise, given how rampant anti-gay sentiment is the untry.