lgbt
homosexuality yes
it hasn't been our problem
we don't intend to make it a problem
it's very difficult for us to be able to impose on people that which they themselves
do not accept in kenya to be gay the lgbt community is is illegal they just want to have
equal rights the same privacy and equality as all other kenyans do
is that something that you aspire to for your country i want to be very clear
christian there is i will not engage in a subject that is of no it's uh it is not of any major
importance to the people and the republic of kenya this is not an issue as you would want to put it
of um human rights or this this is an issue of society of our own base as a culture as a people
regardless of which community you come from this is not acceptable this is not agreeable this is
not about uhuru kenyatta saying yes or no this is an issue that the people of kenya themselves
who have bestowed upon themselves a constitution right after several years have clearly stated
that this is not a subject that they are willing to engage in
yeah at this time and moment in years to come possibly long after i'm president who knows maybe
our society will have reached a stage where those are issues that people are willing freely and open
to discuss i have to be honest with you and that is the position that we have always maintained
those are the laws that we have and those are laws that are 100 supported by 99 of
the kenyan people irregardless of where they come if dogs and pigs know their mates
can human beings remain human beings if they do worse than pigs we equally reject attempts
to prescribe new rights that are contrary to our values norms traditions and beliefs
we are not gays what is happening in your country
and homosexuality for example which i believe is illegal and it's punishable i mean why is
homosexuality still illegal in your country um these the social cultural issues if you like
i don't believe that in ghana so far a sufficiently strong coalition has emerged
which is having that impact on public opinion that would say change it let's then have a new
paradigm in ghana at the moment i don't feel i don't see that in ghana there is that strong
current of opinion that is saying this is something that we need to deal with
it's not it doesn't it it's not so far a massive which is on the agenda
senegal's president mark isal on wednesday defended the country's criminalization
of homosexuality telling visiting canadian prime minister justin trudeau
that his country's laws would not change regarding the practice trudeau had appealed to saur to stop
the jailing of gays and lesbians a subject on which the senegalese leader remains uncompromising
we cannot ask senegal to say tomorrow we legalize homosexuality and tomorrow is gay parades that's
not possible either because our society doesn't accept it society will evolve it will take as
long as it takes i believe that even in northern countries this debate isn't totally exhausted
senegalese public opinion massively backs the criminalization of homosexuality under the
country's laws anyone found guilty of having gay sex is liable to five years imprisonment
what is your message to western human rights groups to president
obama lesbian gay bisexual and transgender respect african societies and their values
if you don't agree you just keep quiet let's manage our society the way we see
if we are wrong we shall find out by ourselves
just the way we don't interfere with yours do you personally dislike homosexuals
of course they are disgusting what what what sort of people are they how can you go
i don't i never knew what they were doing that's how i've been told recently that
what they do is terrible disgusting but i was i was ready to ignore that if there was proof
that that's how he's born abnormal but now the proof is not there
africans have never been homosexual we have never seen homosexual frogs
i have catholic have never seen homosexual gay cattle and homosexuality he said it's
detrimental to human existence it's unafrican it's unethical it's ungodly go to the bible and
the quran we are saying no to homosexuality why should you say we're going to be civilized if
we only allow it i said we are very primitive now because we are frowning upon homosexuality
even animals don't do it why should we be forced to do it because we want to be seen to be smart
to be seen to be civilized and advanced and so retraction or apology would do but i don't
know to be honest with you how far this matter will go because already you're tying it to ed
if that is how you're going to bring your heads then i'm afraid the western can
leave us alone in our poverty and we'll continue scrounging and struggling and see how we can
get going on the question of human rights on the question for example of same-sex
rights never mind same-sex marriage or anything like that that might be in the future for once of
a better word gay rights the overturning of laws against homosexuality can you promise me today
that you will do that i'm a constitutionalist the current provision in the constitution forbids
same-sex marriages and i behold that until that issue in our country is not an issue
of the political party not same-sex marriage i'm talking about same sex
same-sex relationships never mind we can put marriage to yourselves i'm talking about
same sexual activity in our current constitution it is banned are you going to lead a campaign no i
will not lead the campaign why not those people who want that are the people who must converse
for such things so that if they are able to win majority in amending the question they
will demand it but it's not my duty on that issue to say i want to complain for the snow