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29 Kenyan teens sent home from school on suspicion of being gay
Twenty-nine Kenyan teens were sent home school in the last seven days, purely on the suspicion that they are gay.
Principal Matthew Namunwa from St Mary’s Kibabi Boys High School in Bungoma County told the 29 boys to report next week with their parents.
The young teens had been involved in a debate over homosexuality, in which they argued that LGBTI people should be given rights and homosexuality should not be illegal.
Other students and teachers then accused these pro-gay teens of being gay themselves.
‘We all know this a societal issue, and we cannot pretend or run away from it but discuss it and find a way out,’ Namunwa told Kenyan newspaper the Star yesterday, adding any students ‘found to be gay’ would be ‘cured’.
Tensions have been rising over LGBTI rights in Kenya as it prepares for US President Barack Obama’s visit on 25 July. A couple were evicte last month and told to ‘wait for your Obama’, while a political party has announced a 5000 strong naked march to protest against homosexuality.
Speaking to Gay Star News, Kenyan LGBTI rights activist Denis Nzioka said: ‘This is the real world of living in a homophobic society. The anti-LGBT crusade is still very much here.
‘There have been more beatings, evictions and attacks when public discourse focuses on the community. It gets heightened, and it will only increase momentum as Obama’s visit gets closer.’
Lawmakers have threatened to tell Obama to ‘shut up and go home’ if he mentions the ‘gay agenda’, and the Kikuyu Council of Elders has said they will throw ‘rotten eggs’ at the president.
When questioned about what Obama will speak about during his visit, White House Press Secretary Joshua Earnest said he was confident the president will ‘make clear that the protection of basic fundamental human rights in Kenya is also a priority and consistent that we hold dear here in the United States of America’.
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