Is Kenya in The Verge of legalizing Homosexuality?

Piece by: Kwarula Otieno
Lifestyle
Speaking during a session of the 21st Universal Periodic Review, at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, the headquarters of the United Nations where Kenya’s human rights records is being assessed, Attorney General Githu Muigai said hat Kenya has made progress on rights of the country’s gay community.
The Attorney General was responding to recommendations made by Slovenia, Sweden, Brazil and Chile that Kenya should decriminalize same sex relations and adopt non-discrimination law covering Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)"It is not Government policy to discriminate against persons based on their sexual orientation and gender identity," Githu said.

“Kenya has recognised the right of individuals to change their gender identity in official documents,” he added.

Githu further said that the issue of LGBTI in Kenya was very divisive during debates on the Constitution stating that “We almost lost a bigger part of the Constitution.”

He said that the issues of the LGBTI community shall be addressed as the country builds social consensus on the issue.

The UPR is a review of the Human Rights Situation of each of the 193 United Nations (UN) Member States. The review is carried out by the UN’s Human Rights Council every 4.5 years.

Courtesy: the-star.co.ke