Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma claims that unnamed persons are threatening him over his plans of introducing an anti-lgbtq bill in parliament.
The proposed bill, according to the ODM MP seeks to increase the severity of the penalty for homosexual offenders.
Despite the threats, Kaluma says that he will still stand firm because most of his bills concerning family have been passed.
“I want to tell the people imagining we can withdraw (LGBTQ bill) because I have been receiving threats telling me Kaluma withdraw from that enterprise. I am telling them to study my history with matters concerning the family,” he said.
The MP claims that young people are being recruited from as low as Sh500 to engage in homosexuality.
“This thing is in all government offices, in parliament and in media. This thing is percolating all over.
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There has been a raging national debate following the Supreme Court’s ruling to allow the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) to be registered as a legal NGO.
The Apex court ruled that although homosexuality is illegal in Kenya, it cannot deny the community the right to association.
According to Kaluma, the proposed law is intended to protect the family unit with the proposed hefty penalties geared towards discouraging the practice.
“It will not only consolidate existing laws relating to unnatural sexual acts but also increase the penalty for those convicted of engaging or promoting the acts to life imprisonment,” he stated.
He maintains that homosexuals should be punished because it is illegal in Kenya.
