Kenya's members of parliament have expressed their disagreement with the supreme court ruling on LGBTQ, saying that the judges want to please western nations.
The lawmakers have called on the supreme court to review their ruling, saying that the judgement violates the country's cultural norms and risks destroying future generations.
homabay mp peter kaluma expressed his displeasure with the Supreme Court's ruling and pleaded with the judges to reconsider their ruling.
"I take courage in the fact that only three judges of the Supreme Court decided so two dissented and two were not there, we will go back with the religious institutions and we will request the Supreme Court in its full bench of seven to review the decision," MP Peter Kaluma.
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After the court ruling, Mr kaluma proposed a bill that would impose life sentences on those found to be engaging in homosexual behaviour and other odd sexual acts. "There is no right to be LGBTQ, but we know these are still Kenyans. We want to create a law that provides room for rehabilitation where possible but is also strict not to erode our societal morals," said Kaluma.
Kaluma's sentiments in parliament were backed by Tongaren MP Dr John Chikati, who said that the parliament would institute a review of the ruling to save young people from improper exposure. Nyandarua Woman Representative Faith Gitau said they should go to whichever heights possible, including further constitutional amendment in parliament and a referendum if necessary.
Daadab lawmaker Farah Maalim said, "Not only shall we come up with a motion of censure against the bench they want to legislate from the bench by giving decisions that favour western nations… they do not deserve to sit on the bench."
Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah contributed to the debate by saying that the country should avoid legislation that harms its people's morals.
"We must never allow our country to take up alien ideas and culture because we are a country that tends to copy good things from other countries, the penal code outlaws same-sex relations," he noted.
