Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has weighed in on the Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ that has sparked divided opinions across the country.
DP Gachagua was speaking at the KICC during the re-launch of the Women Enterprise Fund on Thursday which comes ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.
“Mimi nilishangaa nikashindwa kuongea, unajua unaweza shangaa ushindwe kuongea? ” DP Gachagua posed.
“Yale maneno tunasikia pale kotini, ati kuna chama ya kutetea ati wanaume waoe wanaume, na wanawake waoe wanawake… sasa hiyo ni mambo gani hiyo?”
The DP argued that although the government has no issues with the courts, they will not accept the LGBTQ matter as it is ‘satanic’.
“Sasa mama akiolewa na mama, wataambiana nini? Hii maneno hatutaki, ni maneno ya kishetani kinyume na vile sisi tunaamini,” he added.
“Kiongozi wa hii nchi ni mcha mungu na he will do what he needs to be done, We have our customs and traditions and what they are suggesting is repugnant to morality, justice and our way of life, hiyo maneno sisi hatuko hapo,” he added.
The DP’s statement comes after the Supreme Court ruled that denying LGBTQ members the right to register as an NGO, despite homosexuality being illegal in the country, was discriminatory.
Those who oppose LGBTQ recognition argue that the LGBTQ agenda was pushed into the country by the ‘West’ for ulterior motives, while those who support the community argue that the group is simply advocating for basic human rights.
Kenyan National Assembly members now want the Supreme Court to be censured for attempting to legislate from the bench and issue LGBTQ judgments in order to appease Western nations.
The leaders called on the bench to review its decision saying the judgement went against the cultural norm and risks tainting future generations.
“I take courage in the fact that only three judges of the Supreme Court decided so two dissented and two were not there, we will go back with the religious institutions and we will request the Supreme Court in its full bench of seven to review the decision,” said Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma.
Tongaren MP Dr John Chikati added: “As Parliament, we will institute a review of the ruling with a view of saving our young people from improper exposure.”
“We shall go whichever heights possible including further constitutional amendment in parliament and a referendum if necessary,” Nyandarua Woman Representative Faith Gitau said.
”We call out those judges who voted that they are not for the interest of people or humanity,” stated Bashir Abdulahi of Mandera North.
The matter found its way to the floor of the house as members protested the apex court’s actions.
Daadab lawmaker Farah Maalim said, “Not only shall we come up with a motion of censure against the bench they want to legislate from the bench by giving decisions that favour western nations… they do not deserve to sit on the bench.”
“We need to look at the Supreme Court like America so that we balance supremacists… the best thing God create in the face of man is a woman,” Wilberforce Oundo, the MP for Funyula added.
Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah on his part reiterated that the country should shun legislations which injures the morals of its people.
“We must never allow our country to take up alien ideas and culture because we are a country that tends to copy good things from other countries, the penal code outlaws same-sex relations,” he noted.
