Prime Minister Raila Odinga has denied that he ordered the arrest of gay couples
but maintained that such unions were unlawful.The PM said that he was quoted out of context after he warned Kenyans against having intimate relations with persons of the same gender on Sunday.
Speaking as he made his opening speech at the National Dialogue and Reconciliation Conference in Nairobi Thursday, the PM said that he respected gay rights but was cautioning young people on what the new Constitution says.
“Nothing could be further from the truth. I explained the propaganda that was being used to fight the draft constitution that the new law would allow every hospital to have abortion wards and that gay marriages would be allowed,” said Mr Odinga.
“I did not say that police should arrest the gays.
I just told the youth that they will be committing a crime by marrying persons of the same sex.”The PM has come under fire over comments he made on Sunday in Kibera to the effect that gay couples should be arrested.
Addressing a rally at Kamukunji grounds in his Langata Constituency, the PM said their behaviour was unnatural.
don't the police know their work or should they wait to be instructed by politicians. As long as gay acts are unlawfull these pitiable beings should know they are outlaws protest or not
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