For Kenya's lbians and gays, a supreme urt lg allowg the rights body that reprents their terts to register as a non-ernmental anisatn has turned out to be a mixed blsg.
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- KENYAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS KILLED
- QUEER AIN ACTIVISTS CALL FOR ACTN—BUT THE AIN CONTENT IS NOT THE ONLY SE THE GLOBAL WAR ON GAY RIGHTS
- KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA
KENYAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS KILLED
Led by MP Gee Peter Kaluma, a member of opposn polician Raila Odga's Orange Democratic Movement, the proposed bill would further crimalise same-sex acts wh penalti rangg om a suggted mimum of ten years prison to the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy", fed as "engagg homosexual acts wh a mor or disabled person and transmtg a termal disease through sexual means.
QUEER AIN ACTIVISTS CALL FOR ACTN—BUT THE AIN CONTENT IS NOT THE ONLY SE THE GLOBAL WAR ON GAY RIGHTS
The proposed Fay Protectn Act would also see a total ban on any activi "that promote homosexualy", such as wearg flags or emblems of the LGBTQ muny.
Growg anti-LGBTQ sentimentThe proposed bill Kenya followg Uganda's new Anti-Homosexualy Bill passed to law May by Print Yoweri Meveni.
KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA
In Ghana, lawmakers are the procs of amendg the untry's own anti-LGBTQ legislatn wh proposns of a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy.
In Kenya, the Nairobi-based Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn have reported a surge number of attacks agast the muny. Ai|Kenyan Gay Rights Activist Is Killed ADVERTISEMENTEdw Chiloba’s body was dumped on the roadsi by a movg vehicle the untry’s wt.