ERIC SIMATWA: The case for LGBTQI freedom of association

The court's ruling, therefore, however contradictory to logic, as in granting right to association for the constitutionally outlawed homosexual practice, could be right or wrong too based on the influence or orientation of the judgment bench.

The paradox in the ruling begs the question whether it emanated from within our apex legal team or had been sneaked in from the powers behind the court to shape a global desired perception.

All we can hope for is to express our thoughts about the quest by the LGBT team to be recognised and awarded every right of existence and practice.

Indeed, homosexuality is a wide and deep field of study. It's not only a human concern; researchers and even we, the commoners in our villages, must have witnessed these practices in the animal kingdom. Animals including lions, giraffes, sheep, and some birds, especially Layson albatross  of Hawaii, are reported to exhibit homosexual tendencies.

Bob Dylan once quipped, "Don't criticise what we can't understand."  Homosexuality is as old as humanity itself. For the Christians, the anecdote of some crooked men of Sodom and Gomorrah who were possessed with an insatiable desire to sodomise Lot's Hercules guests is clearly captured.

Recently, the Kalenjin, still deeply rooted in its norms, the case of a slain alleged LGBT member, Edwin Chiloba, broke loose amid the family's exasperated effort to quell the claim.

Several questions should guide our research: is homosexuality an inherent trait or is it an influenced u? If the former is evident, then it's wrong to condemn one for a desire beyond his choice, but if the latter is yes, then society, through the government, should put every policy in place to curb the spread of this unnatural practice.

However the determination goes, LGBT members are our brothers and sisters, and we must find a way to coexist with them. Just as Jesus cautioned us, "All have sinned and fallen short of God's grace." 

Good governance advocate spoke to the Star

(Edited by V. Graham)