Nyali Member of Parliament Mohammed Ali has said that members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community should be jailed.
Ali took to Twitter to share his sentiments over the contentious issue on Tuesday, following a week-long storm on social media following the murder of LGBTQ activist and fashionista Edwin Chiloba.
“Let us not waste time discussing LGBTQ or whatever name they call it,” he said.
He said homosexuality is illegal in Kenya and God does not like it.
“We should not entertain it. On this one, democracy my foot! Jail them,” he said.
His sentiments came just when LGBTQ activists had issued a statement yesterday warning leaders against using rhetoric that was hateful and homophobic.
The activists said that it is imperative that our leaders and media exercise restraint in their language and actions and not sensationalise the murder of Chiloba.
They said it will only raise intolerance and violence against sexual and gender minorities.
“Homophobic and hate-based rhetoric by leaders and sensationalisation of Edwin Chiloba’s murder by the media only serves to incite violence against queer Kenyans,” they said.
The rights groups include the Bold Network, the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination, Q-Initiative, Amnesty and Change.org.
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