Kenya's high court has found the petition to Repeal162 has no merit, ruling that laws targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people do not breach the country’s Constitution. CarlCollison reports.
In its judgment, the court stated that the petitioners failed to prove how the existence of these sections violated their right to health, dignity and privacy.
The report argued that many of the countries that outlaw same-sex relations do so “because they once were British colonies”. The list of African countries that inherited versions of this law is expansive: Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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