President Obama said when asked during a press
conference this afternoon in Nairobi what he
thinks about gay rights in Kenya.
“The US believes in the principle of treating
people equally under the law and that they
are deserving of equal protection under the
law.and that the state should not discriminate
against people based on their sexual
orientation and I say that recognizing that
there may be people that have different
religious or cultural beliefs but the issue is
how does the state operate relative to
people. You can look at the history of people
around the world. When you start treating
people differently not because of the harm
they are doing to anybody but because they
are different, that’s the path whereby freedom
is beginning to erode.
If somebody is a law abiding citizen who is
going about their business and not breaking
any law and obeying the traffic signs and
doing all the things good citizens are
supposed to do and not harming anybody, the
idea they are treated differently based on
who they love is wrong. Full stop.”he said
Below is Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta’s
response on the issue
“The fact of the matter is Kenya and US
share so many values, democracy,
entrepreneurship, family values. These are
things we share but there are some things
we do not share. Our culture our societies
don’t accept. Its very difficult for us to be
able to impose on people that which they
themselves do not accept. This is why I
repeatedly say that for Kenyans today, the
issue of gayrights is really a non issue. We
want to focus on other areas that are day to
day living for our people. Our health issues
as we have discussed with president Obama.
These are critical. Issues of inclusivity of
women, a key section of society that is
normally left out of the mainstream of
economic development. What we can do in
terms of infrastructure, Education, Roads,
Power and Entrepreneurship. Maybe once like
you have overcome some of these challenges
we can begin to look at new once but the
fact remains that this issue is not one that is
in the foremost minds of Kenyans and that is
the fact”he said
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