President William Ruto on Sunday disclosed that the executive has given Attorney General Justin Muturi the role to seek to review the judgement that cleared the way for LGBTQIA associations.
“I want to assure you, already the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya, on behalf of the government, is going back to court to ask the court to review its judgement,” Ruto said.
Speaking at a church service in Kapsabet, Nandi county, the President said the government wants a clarification of the place of LGBTQIA in the Constitution.
According to the Head of State, same-sex marriage or relationship is outlawed in the constitution and is against the culture and tradition of Kenyans.
“The Constitution of Kenya is very clear on matters of women and men. The constitution and the law of Kenya, our tradition and culture are very clear,” he said.
“These other things that other people are trying to push on us will not be possible in our country under the constitution that we have,” hen said.
Last month, the Supreme Court, by a majority decision, ruled that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community have the right to association.
The Court stated that the decision by the lower courts to deny the members of the gay community in Kenya their right to register as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) was discriminatory.
However, the judgement sparked fierce criticism from several quarters who condemned it as an attempt to domesticate and force on Kenyans uncouth Western culture.
MPs have also joined the debate seeking to review the Supreme Court verdict on LGBTQ associations in the country.
“I take courage in the fact that only three judges of the Supreme Court decided so two dissented and two were not there," Homa bay Town MP Peter Kaluma said.
"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."
“We shall go whichever heights possible including further constitutional amendment in parliament and a referendum, if necessary,” Nyandarua Woman Representative Faith Gitau said.
Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah on his part reiterated that the country should shun legislations which injure 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 said.
On Friday, hundreds of residents in Mombasa, Eldoret and Lamu on took to the streets to protest against the LGBTQIA community in the country.
In Mombasa, residents led by Muslim and Christian religious leaders, matched from the different mosques and converged at the Makadara ground where they sang anti-gay slogans.
In Eldoret, Muslims poured 0nto the streets with banners bearing writings opposing the Supreme Court judgment that allowed LGBTQIA members to form associations terming it an attempt to legalise lesbianism and gayism.
