A Kenyan lawmaker now says that the country can use the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) idea to control the growing the population.
Nominated Senator Beth Syengo who was commenting on the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) said LGBTQ would prevent people from giving birth thus reducing the population.
“It could be a way of reducing our population because we wouldn’t sire children anymore,” said Syengo.
However, Senator Syengo said she is worried about the LGBTQ agenda because it is against the African tradition and beliefs.
“I am scared and worried about the LQBTQ because if we say as a country, we are okay with that kind of a thing, men to marry men, women to marry women and transgender, sincerely speaking according to African culture this is not allowed,” she said.
On the other hand, Syengo said society should not forget the boy child at the expense of the girls.
Additionally, she said forgetting about the boy child affects the quality of the families, children and even the women being empowered.
“Actually, if we are not careful, very soon it will be the men crying for actualization of the two-thirds gender rule,” she said.
Further, the senator said it is important to balance between the boy child and the girl child during empowerment.
“It is important that we also talk about the girl child and take keen interest in what kind of boy chip are we raising,” stated Syengo.
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Supreme Court Ruling
On Tuesday, September 12, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition by Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament Peter Kaluma seeking to overturn the decision allowing registration of LGBTQ groups in Kenya.
In the ruling, the Court noted Kaluma failed to substantiate his claims and that his application was not in accordance with set regulations.
Furthermore, the five judges ruled that it was impossible to petition the Supreme Court to overturn its own decision under the circumstances.
In their view, Kaluma’s application fell out of the select circumstances under which the Apex Court can review its decision.
As per the judges, Kaluma’s application fell short of demonstrating that the ruling to allow registration of the LGBTQ was influenced by fraudulent activities or deceit- among other circumstances that could influence such an application.
“The applicant has not demonstrated how his matter conforms to the specific parameters enumerated under Section 21A of the Supreme Court or in the Outa case,” the ruling read in part.
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Kaluma VS LGBTQ
Kaluma had moved to the Court in March seeking to invalidate the ruling made by the Supreme Court on the matter.
In his Application, Kaluma argued that the decision to allow LGBTQ registration was a result of an error from the judges.
He made a prayer to the court requesting it to revisit the definition of the term “sex” after the court affirmed that the term refers to sexual orientation of any gender, whether heterosexual, lesbian, gay, intersex or otherwise.