The Appeals Court has cleared the way for the Kenyan Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community to register their association.
In a ruling, Court of Appeal judges Philip Waki, Asike Makhandia and Martha Koome have upheld High Court’s decision that directed the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Coordination Board to register LGBT’s umbrella body.
The three judges have ruled that human beings cannot be denied their fundamental rights because of how they choose to live their lives.
“The issue of LGBT is rarely discussed in public. But it cannot be doubted that it is an emotive issue. The reality is that this group does exits and we can no longer deny that. Let it go down that I will not be the first to throw a stone and harm them,” the court heard.
The three judges say there is a need for tolerance in a diverse society like Kenya, and in any democratic society, there will always be a marginalized group.
The judges have dismissed the appeal lodged by the NGO Coordination Board for lack of merit.
They note that the gay community has a right to freedom of association.
Two judges, Daniel Musinga and Roselyn Nambuye have dissented, arguing that if registered, the gay community will destroy Kenya’s cultural values.
A ruling on whether to decriminalize homosexuality in Kenya will be in May this year.
Its good to know there are…
Its good to know there are reasonable judges left in Kenya and I commend them. Kenya should certainly decriminalize homosexuality in Kenya that way people living life on the down-low, in the closet and the harshest critics(research has shown those who are the harshest critics of gayism are infact gay) can live the life the Most High meant for them to live.
Mugikuyu, I concur. Iran,…
Mugikuyu, I concur. Iran, Lybia, Saudi Arabia, Southern Sudan, Uganda, Myanmar, Brunei etc are countries where you can lose your life for being gay. Yet, I don’t see Kenyans selling all they have to migrate to those places. Many Kenyans will do anything to live and work in places where there’s freedom of expression…most places in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, US and Canada.
Sodomy is to marital sex…
Sodomy is to marital sex what blindness is to sight.
Sodomy is not only a privation of the good of sex, and therefore of marriage, it is its negation in that it is deliberately nonunitive and nongenerative.
This only shows that the madness from Western nations is being carried into countries like Kenya. We know the judges enjoy being lionized on the pages of Western media and that is the only reason they make these kinds of decisions.
It will take an act or…
It will take an act or parliament or referendum question to reverse the constitutional act. These are big arguments. Freedom of expression is in the constitution but homosexuality is illegal.
The question is whether you have freedom of expression in an illegal activity. The answer is NO. The judge was wrong
Twaiga chochote kitokanacho…
Twaiga chochote kitokanacho na kiaminiwacho na binadamu ngozi jeupe bila kuelewa asili yake na kilichowaelekeza kufuata tabia za kinyama. Mila za Kiafrika huwavutia sana wenye ngozi nyeupe sio tu kwa sababu zinatia fora, lakini pia namna zimeweza kujisitiri karne baada ya nyingine. Mila za Kiafrika pembeni momote pale hulinda umoja wa jamii, na kuzikiuka hufuatwa na adhabu fulani, ikiwemo kuuliwa au kuteketezwa, kufukuzwa kijijini na kadhalika. Ili Marekani iwepo iliko katika kuwakumbatia, kuwaorodhesha, kuwasajili na kuwatungia sheria zinazowapa haki katika katiba, imeichukua kadri ya zaidi ya miaka mia nne. Ni katika pilka pilka za nchi za ulaya kuwashawishi viongozi na wananchi wa Afrika kuwatambua mashoga, diposa unawaona wakipenya pole pole katika chi hizi huku wakipewa fedha nyingi kugharimia kesi hizi. Ningependa kusisitiza hapa kwamba ushoga hasaa ya yeyote ajiitaye Mwafrika, ni ugonjwa wa akili ambao tiba na suluhisho kamili ya kuuangamiza ni kuteketezwa kwa mzinga wa nyuki ambao niko tayari kuugharamia.Mwenyezi Mungu, hata yule aliyoabudiwa na Waafrika hakupungukiwa na vyombo vyake vya uumbaji akawaumba binadamu sampli tofauti kisha akawaweka pamoja na wengine. Ningependa kukiri hapa wazi wazi kwamba ushoga umejipenyeza katika mila na utamaduni wa Kiafrika kiasi kwamba, hata baadhi ya viongozi na kidini nchini Kenya ni mashoga. Udhamini na wadhamini wa ushoga umefika, umepita ule Al Shabaab, na wengi wakiwemo vijana wa shule, wanahadaiwa na fedha nyingi wanazopewa na waakilishi wa mashoga kutoka ugenini. Tangu lini mwanaume akampenda mwanaume mwenzake na kisha wao wao wakavaa vipindozi na herini masikioni kama wanawake? Ikumbukwe kwamba ninafanya kazi na wazungu na Wamarekani Weuzi ambao ni mashoga, na pia nimekutana na Wakenya wanne watano hivi nikiwa katika pilka pilka za kikazi, ambao ni mashoga, na ambao wanafanya shughuri zao kisirisiri katika vichorochoro vya Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Atlantic City na kwingineko. Ni Wakenya hawa hawa wenye fikara hizi hizi ambao wanachochea na kufadhiri kusambaratisha katiba ya ya Kenya ili vipengele vinavyowakera viondolewe. Waendeleze nia hizo lakini ukweli ni kwamba katu sheria yeyote ikibadilishwa bila shaka wanachi ndio watakabiliana nao ipasavyo. Hatuwezi ikubalisha sehemu ya vikundi vya binadamu kupaka matope mila zetu za elfu lela ulela, wala pia kuwafunza na kuwakanganya vizazi vya leo na kesho. Hakuna mtu amekatazwa kuwa na tabia ya kishoga, tatizo ni…usiwaambukize imani yako kwa wengine. Watajaribu kutumia mahakama na vyombo vingine vya asasi kuufikia malengo yao lakini ng’o, hatung’atuki kung’atika. Msimamo utakuwa ule ule: pelekeeni wazungu wenu uchafu huo.
Does it mean that dogs,…
Does it mean that dogs, which live by instincts, can decide better than our 3 judges? Observe the animals closely & you’ll see they’ll never be guilty of these despicable human being acts!
Check out this animal…
Check out this animal instincts..
@Mkenya halisi would say ‘Its Sodom n gormollah in the animal kingdom too! Lets send all the gay animals to the West huko kwa ushetani’
https://youtu.be/Yhgor9hX5lI
https://youtu.be/G_8jZdRGFk8
These are very wise judges…
These are very wise judges.They realize that a segment of our society should not be discriminated based on their sexual preference.They also recognize that there is more to humanity than mere sexual preference whether by choice or inborn. Well done judges.For those offering dissenting opinion accept that you are in the minority…and hopefully you will see the wisdom of your other friends of the court…Now the next phase is to decriminalize homosexuality. Religion aside because we do not all ascribe to the same beliefs-EXACTLY WHAT CRIME IS COMMITED BY BEING GAY.How is society hurt?
Live and let live, but if…
Live and let live, but if you bring it on face unnecessarily, I have a reason to dislike it or you….
Mashetani ushetani ushelati…
Mashetani ushetani ushelati halufu mbaya ya hawa manjangiri still remain in hell.The christian bible says clearly that those who practice this behaviour will b locked out of heaven together with dogs???N my gikuyu God mwene nyaga says ici ni ngoma nanomuhaka wihuge ndaimono iria ciiri manjangiri maya(abomination of the tall order)Free then to the society n let them not hide n u will see what will happen to them.Majority of kenyans about 99.9% voted in referendum that they don’t support such stinking idiotic behaviours bure kabisa kwa hawa mashoga mashetani
@Mkenyahalisi- “Majority of…
@Mkenyahalisi- “Majority of kenyans about 99.9% voted in referendum”
When was this referendum again? Also, I would like to refer to that verse of Mwene Nyaga book so I can also educate myself.
what two adults do in the…
what two adults do in the privacy of their relationship is nobodies business. This is a big win for human rights and big loss for losers like the boy in statehouse who says LGBT is not african. Is it african to leave your fellow Kenyans starving to death while you joy ride in Namibia! Pombe tu!
Nonsense, the traditional…
Nonsense, the traditional African family believe in procreation!!!
This will be the basis for…
This will be the basis for the final separation of Nationalities. The two major Nationalities. The Edormites (People who believe in homo sexuality) and the Israelites (people who believe in spirituality). Very interesting times on display in the world.
The gay issue is just a…
The gay issue is just a straw man to divert the minds of simpletons like Mkenya Halisi and Sober from real issues that we should be focusing on like corruption, the rape of Kenyans by churches, Uhuruto’s ineffectiveness at creating jobs or accomplishing many touted ideas, the country’s heavy indebtedness and what have you.
Once this issue becomes mainstream, and we will no longer obsess about it, no one will care, and instead a different straw man will be in play, depending on the politics and religion of the day.
The white supremacist’s must…
The white supremacist’s must be excited to see low birth rates and cultural erosion.
Why would anybody be excited…
Why would anybody be excited with High,or Low birth so long as we have enough manpower to propel and produce our wants and needs,that’s good enough.Infact in my opion,Zero birth rate is ideal.
if you research a little bit…
if you research a little bit, there are groups out there in favor of Culling Population …. no kidding, Ebola anyone. The world we live in have people who shape it to their liking , trust Me , it is not always white and black and no I’m not a conspiracy theorist. Scary ideologies out there and why it shocks me that Africans we are clueless about many geopolitical matters and are busy politicking to a country that does not belong to us – yeah tis real
https://en.wikipedia.org…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement
Just as white supremacy and …
Just as white supremacy and homosexuals are being condemned by Hebrew Israelites (in the streets of America-watch Hebrew Israelites on you tube) so will they be condemned by Hebrew Israelites in Kenya and all African countries. Homosexuality is the beginning of the end of white man’s Supremacy and culture and the beginning of black man’s Superiority and culture. The Most High will effect the transition according to biblical prophecies (Black man’s history)
Someone asks what crime is…
Someone asks what crime is being committed by being gay? Answer is,you’re dishonouring your body! It means that your mind is corrupted! Also,it means you’re trying to correct what God has approved! One can strive with a fellow man but when you mess with God..wooiii!! Just read Rom.1:27.
Yeap me.Isaid what crime,and…
Yeap me.Isaid what crime,and not what sin.Note also that not ascribe to the same beliefs.Isaid that.
court of appeal has never…
court of appeal has never made a sober decision in kenya. in order for any law to come into place it must satisfy the societal moral values. we are not in to copy all what comes from west. let the judges be send home. we need people who are taking care of our morals
Nani anashinda amemention wa…
Nani anashinda amemention wa isiraeli as if they give axshit about Africans or Kenyans for that matter. Zile vituko wanafanyia ndugu na dada zetu weusi huko kwao, will drive black people extinct faster than anything else ever. Halafu kuna bado wale wanaombea Mungu wa isiraeli?. Ombea Mungu wa mbinguni. Na Roho Mtakatifu na Yesu Kristu! The same God who give us life and love freely in all our imperfections. Mungu ndiye anajua kwa nini aliumba wengine wapendane na watu wa same sex. There are those who are born that way. Unataka wafanye? Waende wajikate wadrain damu yao yote, ama wa lodge risasi ndani ya kichwa yao. Kuna wengine who have decided to live that way- hivyo ndivyo wanaenjoy kula hizo vitu! Kwani wewe utawacha maisha yako uende upangie mwingine yake bwana! Utaambia mwenzako jinsi ya kuishi. Na kama wewe ni mwanamme unajihusisha na wanawake na bado unahanya hanya, lakini wewe ndiye uko msitari wa mbele kushtumu yule ambaye ako in a same-sex relationship. Wewe huoni kasoro yako hapo? Nani atasimama bila lawama yoyote? HAKUNA! Wacheni Mungu afanye kazi yake. As far as I know, Mungu anatupenda na kutukubali SOTE, VILE AMBAVYO TULIVYO! Kwa hivyo hekima zote ni zake, na HUKUMU ni YEYE atapeana! Usishtuke ukipata a gay person akipita kwenye tundu la sindano na wewe, na “straight” life yako ukibaki hapo. Wale wanajua, wanaelewa ninachosema! I live a happy heterosexual life, but as for me and my house, WE WILL NEVER BE JUDGEMENTAL OR DISCRIMINATORY TOWARDS ANY GAY PERSON.
Sodomy is to marital sex…
Sodomy is to marital sex what blindness is to sight.
Sodomy is not only a privation of the good of sex, and therefore of marriage, it is its negation in that it is deliberately nonunitive and nongenerative.
I will never believe that sodomy is morally equivalent to marital coitus.
If you believe such things, then you have been colonized by the rationalization of the Western mind.