Post by Daktari wa makazi on Feb 23, 2019 21:45:15 GMT 3
Gay right is human rights – so goes the slogan! It almost passed me by – last week members of the LBGQ members asked the High Court in Nairobi to … not sure what they were asking? The BBC and other western media had a field day – covering the gays rights in Kenya. According Wikipedia -
The [Kenyan] state does not recognise any relationships between persons of the same sex; same-sex marriage is banned under the Kenyan Constitution. There are no explicit protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Adoption is prohibited to homosexual people.
So, I assume what the High Court was being asked was to declare there is ‘gay rights’ in Kenya because it is alleged the Constitution guarantees it. With respect, I would say the declarative decision gays people are seeking is not for the High Court but the society in general. The Law include the supreme law – the Constitution – picks its flavour from the topical societal wind direction not declarations by law courts. I do not hold courts, cold places with no human feelings, to responsibly tell me and my society how we should live our lives. We do not impose on others how we live our lives and would expect that others do not stuff our throats with their way of life. If it suits my society, it will be incorporated in the fabric of our being, if not it will be discarded by the wayside. I doubt if my people and my society will accept to be forced by the power of the judicial law to acknowledge a way of life it does not subscribe to. By way, let me make it clear, I have no object to the way other people want to live their lives, as it is not my business.
Where is Jakom Baba to tell us his African union views on this issue! This 'handshake' waya is bringing all new issues to us to fathom while Baba decides to remain quiet.
The [Kenyan] state does not recognise any relationships between persons of the same sex; same-sex marriage is banned under the Kenyan Constitution. There are no explicit protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Adoption is prohibited to homosexual people.
So, I assume what the High Court was being asked was to declare there is ‘gay rights’ in Kenya because it is alleged the Constitution guarantees it. With respect, I would say the declarative decision gays people are seeking is not for the High Court but the society in general. The Law include the supreme law – the Constitution – picks its flavour from the topical societal wind direction not declarations by law courts. I do not hold courts, cold places with no human feelings, to responsibly tell me and my society how we should live our lives. We do not impose on others how we live our lives and would expect that others do not stuff our throats with their way of life. If it suits my society, it will be incorporated in the fabric of our being, if not it will be discarded by the wayside. I doubt if my people and my society will accept to be forced by the power of the judicial law to acknowledge a way of life it does not subscribe to. By way, let me make it clear, I have no object to the way other people want to live their lives, as it is not my business.
Where is Jakom Baba to tell us his African union views on this issue! This 'handshake' waya is bringing all new issues to us to fathom while Baba decides to remain quiet.