Former United States President Barack Obama has castigated Kenya and other African countries that have criminalized homosexuality.
In his speech to mark Mandela Day in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday, Obama called for “resistance” on those discriminating people based on sexual orientation.
The former US leader particularly mentioned his father’s homeland, Kenya as one of the African nations belittling “basic human rights” on sexuality.
“We’ve to actively resist this notion. This is important particularly in some African countries like my own…my father’s homeland (Kenya),” he said in his speech honoring the late South African leader.
“I have made this point before that we’ve to resist the notion of beating up and jailing people because of their sexual orientation.”
In an interview with CNN’s Christian Amonpour in London, United Kingdom in April, President Uhuru termed homosexuality as a “non-issue” in Kenya. Kenyatta said gay rights is not a burning issue for Kenya.
Obama urged African leaders to stop dismissing gay rights as ‘Western ideas.’ “We’ve to be careful to say somehow that these issues don’t apply to us,” he said to a rousing applause.
This is not the first time the 44th US President is rebuking Kenya for discriminating against gays. In his visit to Kenya in July 2015, Obama said the government had no right to punish people because of “who they love”.
“I would have thought we would have figured that out by now. I thought that basic notion was well-established, turns out in this recent drift in reactionary politics, the struggle for basic justice is never truly finished,” Obama said in South Africa on Tuesday.
He added: “I believe we have no choice but to move forward, that those of us who believe in democracy and civil rights have a better story to tell.”
I believe Obama is Gay (but…
I believe Obama is Gay (but goes both Ways for Coverup). WHY? Because one of his College “girlfriend” said whenever she would Visit Obama in his Dorm: Obama would sit there Facing the Window “as if I never Existed”. In other words: a Woman is NOT Obama’s Favorite.
@ guest 1.So you are going…
@ guest 1.So you are going by not talking to his girl friend as a sign of homosexuality?.,,How about his marriage and kids…what does that indicate?
@ Max, your rationalization…
@ Max, your rationalization is way too advanced for @Guest1. Guest1 is extremely ethnocentric, negative – minded and so rigid in his thinking and rightfully so, he thinks he is the brightest moral world police. There is no cure for such people. So don’t waste your energy on him, accept him, love him with his disabilities and move on.
Mr Obama leave Africans…
Mr Obama leave Africans alone when it comes to ushogas ushetani?In the USA,Europe such stinking behaviours is tolerated n uprifted in the communities n that’s their Bullcrap.In Africa kenya in particular we don’t n I repeat we don’t worship or uplift such stinking behaviours n our laws states if ur found practicising this demonic stinking ushetani ur jailed for 10 years that is if ur not stoned by the community which is around u.So mr Obama u either open yr school in USA n start giving them homes n visas or u shallap.Its a high time u respect the same rights n laws of each an every country the way u will wish the same laws in USA to b respected.Bure kabisa that’s why I couldn’t vote for u.
I knew HOMOSEXUALITY was…
I knew HOMOSEXUALITY was Obama’s Proprietary Agenda to NAIVE Africans (so he thinks) from the Get go. As such he is Lot’s wife so to Speak. Talk about UNGODLY Men and Obamaa is Right there in Line.
Love one another is greatest…
Love one another is greatest commandments
Homosexuality is not LOVE;…
Homosexuality is not LOVE; it’s INDECENCY. And Male (Gay) Indicency STINKS.
For those who view…
For those who view Homosexuals with such loath and disgust, such views probably say more about yourself than you probably are consciously aware. If you are honest with yourselves, you will own up that you probably fear you may have such tendencies than you care to reveal.
Why do you advocate criminalizing or murdering of a group of people whose only “crime” is the form of love that is different from what you were socialized? Did you know that societies have maimed, jailed, ostracised and killed homosexuals all through the ages, yet that has not wiped them out? Do we think people choose to be this way, or that as part of our evolution some acquire genes that inevitably make them “queer”. And for those that claim God made us in “his” image, does that not make God a homosexual too? Some of you are into demons, so I can see that argument coming.
I don’t like homosexuality either, but I agree with Obama that our reaction is too fanatical and based on a tradition that chooses morals from an ala carte menu, i.e. does not punish enough ills that keep us down like corruption and theft, but presses hard and criminalizes, things that should best be left ignored. What are our priorities?
Exactly. You make a good…
Exactly. You make a good point @Anos. I truly believe @Guest1 and @Mkenya Halisi may have strong traits of gayism which they try to repress big time otherwise why would they be so bothered? For people who naively follow the Western religion I do not see why they would not accept our gay brother and sisters if the gospel is anything to go by. When I used to attend Sunday school they used to talk about the Pharisees in the Bible who acted like they were holier than thou harassing others and judging them. Such people are just hypocrites period and you never know what they can do in the dark.
On a Very serious note: That…
On a Very serious note: That’s you for Real; you’re the Gay one; the Stinking one to say the Least.
RELIGION does NOT have to…
RELIGION does NOT have to Dictate Morality; Wisdom should Universally. So to be Straight is Commonsense and above all: Wise and Right. To be Gay is Nonesrnse and above all; Foolish and Wrong (and worse than Animal behavior).
Oh! Guest1, wacha mafeelings…
Oh! Guest1, wacha mafeelings mingi. And by the way, you are a Mammalian animal…so your behavior, like everyone else’s is animal type, though some have a higher degree of function than others. I am sure you know where you belong.
@Mheshimiwa Ndugu Mugikuyu:
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@Mheshimiwa Ndugu Mugikuyu:
“…For people who naively follow the Western religion I do not see why they would not accept our gay brother and sisters if the gospel is anything to go by.”
Umechukua msimamo wangu Ndugu. Mimi si shoga. Kusema kweli, mimi sioni tofauti ya mtu ambaye ameacha majina ya asili yake, lugha yake, imani ya bababu zake, huku akiwa mwepesi kumkosoa mtu ambaye amechukua msimamo wa ngono wa kigeni. Wote wamepotea!
Nawaombeni radhi wasomaji watukufu wa gazeti hili. Nitasema jambo ambalo halifai kuandikwa hapa! Nitatoa mfano wa unafiki (hypocrisy) kwa wale walio wepesi kuona makosa ya wale waliochagua msimamo wao wa ngono wa ushoga! Je, tutawaitaje Wafrika ambao wanatumia “midomo yao na ndimi (tongues) zao wakati wa ngono? Pia tutawaitaje Wafrika ambao wanasalimiana kwa kupigana busu? Kupigana busu sio mila zetu!
Kwa kumalizia nawaombeni msiwe wepesi kuwakosoa wenzenu na huku mnafuata mila zisizo za asili yetu!
Ikiwa asili yako ni Mwafrika na huku umeacha imani ya mababu zako kwa kuwa Mwislamu au Mkristo, naomba tafadhali utulie, unyamaze, na usiwe mwepesi kuona upotovu wa Wafrika wenzako!
Mashoga ushoga mashetani…
Mashoga ushoga mashetani ushetani wachomwe wote.Im my gikuyu culture such pple were put inside the drum n it will b pushed down the mountain for such stinking idiots to die painful so they can eliminate such diseases in our societies.As I said in Africa they get stoned or lynched which is what the community have seen it beta while in USA obama land n Europe they r hanged encouraged to b who they are in the societies if u love dogs u can sleep with them?If u want to b pedophile u can go ahead n practice ooh coz it’s yr facking rights yet ur hurting the kids??If u want to b shoga ushetani oooh ur praised???Bullcrap Bullcrap.Guys in Diaspora pray to ur God yr kids don’t turn to b mashogas coz chances of them bin so while leaving in Diaspora is 90%
If you love man is okay , if…
If you love man is okay , if you woman also is okay..Just love one another.Love is love. Haters always cause trouble;why not love ?
@Enforcer n if u decide to…
@Enforcer n if u decide to sleep with a dog or a cow or a squirrel should be ok tooo?????Immorarity ushetani umalaya uHiv/AIDS.Bure kabisa.