The New Anti-Homosexual Bill Spells Trouble For Gospel Artiste And Other Homosexuals

If you are in tune with local news, I’m sure you have heard of the proposed Kenya Anti Homosexuality Bill, 2014 a.k.a. stone the gays bill.

The bill was proposed by a virtually unknown politician Edward Nyakeriga from a small political party called Republican Liberty Party of Kenya.

Edward a father of two children who neither drinks nor smokes has incidentally never interacted with a gay person and yet wants them stoned to death because the act is unnatural. This knee jerk reaction was inspired by a few gays who were matching for their rights. This act of ‘freedom of expression’ really annoyed one Edward who was of the opinion that “It was an expression of the rot and where we are headed as a society and if there is no deterrence, the society will be very rotten.”

The penalty was life imprisonment for locals and stoning to death in public for foreigners who decided to engage in some hanky-panky with members of the same sex.
Promotion of homosexuality including in the media, online production, sharing and funding of ‘homosexual material’ or information will lead to life imprisonment.

If you know someone who is gay and you don’t report them within 24 hours you shall face life imprisonment.

Edward Nyakeriga -(Photo Courtesy of Gerald Anderson Nation Media Group)

There is also a clause that protects people from ‘aggravated homosexuality’ i.e. sodomy. In this clause basically protects minors from homosexuality, leaders parents or guardians who commit sodomy shall also be punished and if the victim of the act is disabled, you will face life imprisonment.

In my opinion, this is a ridiculous bill that should not be turned into law because it is not only a violation of basic human rights but I don’t think you should impose your morals on people. There is also that part that stands up for those that have been sodomised but doesn’t protect those people who were sodomised  but were not a minor, disabled  or in a position where they were abused by parents or guardians. What happens to the people who get sodomised in jail? Or by their date? What happens to them? Which law protects them? So many questions….

I am of the opinion that this bill comes from a point of ignorance, you cannot propose harsh penalties on homosexuals and you have neither interacted with one or been treated badly by one.I think this Republican Liberty Party of Kenya is just trying to remain relevant in a country dominated by Jubilee-ODM politics and if they want to do something good for this country they should come up with relevant laws. Not witch hunting homosexuals such as Joji Baro. Kenya has bigger problems than who is banging who.

Additional reporting by Dennis Nzioka ,The Kenya Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2014  and The Daily Nation