With Kenya on the verge of tabling anti-LGBT legislation in parliament, advocacy groups in the US have called for a halt to trade talks between the two countries.
Led by MP George Peter Kaluma, a member of opposition politician Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement, the proposed bill would further criminalise same-sex acts with penalties ranging from a suggested minimum of ten years in prison to the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, defined as “engaging in homosexual acts with a minor or disabled person and transmitting a terminal disease through sexual means.”
The proposed Family Protection Act would also see a total ban on any activities “that promote homosexuality”, such as wearing flags or emblems of the LGBTQ community.
Kenya already criminalises same-sex acts with penalties of up to 14 years in prison.
Kaluma’s campaign has horrified advocacy groups, including a coalition in the United States who have called on President Biden to suspend trade talks.
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