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Kenya is an anti-gay country. Below is what
President Obama said when asked during a press
conference this afternoon in Nairobi what he thinks about
gay rights in Kenya.
"The US believes in the principle of treating
people equally under the law and that they are
deserving of equal protection under the law.and
that the state should not discriminate against
people based on their sexual orientation and I say
that recognizing that there may be people that have
different religious or cultural beliefs but the issue
is how does the state operate relative to people.
You can look at the history of people around the
world. When you start treating people differently
not because of the harm they are doing to anybody
but because they are different, that's the path
whereby freedom is beginning to erode.
If somebody is a law abiding citizen who is going
about their business and not breaking any law and
obeying the traffic signs and doing all the things
good citizens are supposed to do and not harming
anybody, the idea they are treated differently
based on who they love is wrong. Full stop."he
said
Below is Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta's response
on the issue
"The fact of the matter is Kenya and US share
so many values, democracy, entrepreneurship,
family values. These are things we share but
there are some things we do not share. Our
culture our societies don't accept. Its very
difficult for us to be able to impose on people that
which they themselves do not accept. This is why
I repeatedly say that for Kenyans today, the
issue of gayrights is really a non issue. We want
to focus on other areas that are day to day living
for our people.
Our health issues as we have
discussed with president Obama. These are
critical. Issues of inclusivity of women, a key
section of society that is normally left out of the
mainstream of economic development. What we
can do in terms of infrastructure, Education,
Roads, Power and Entrepreneurship.
Maybe
once like you have overcome some of these
challenges we can begin to look at new once but
the fact remains that this issue is not one that is
in the foremost minds of Kenyans and that is the
fact"he said
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