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Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula has joined other influential figures in denouncing the Supreme Court for its.

Each Individual and/or Public institution, including the judiciary,has a duty to uphold, defend and protect public morals!! “We truly commend the judges who ruled for God’s creative order and for cultural preservation and dissented from that majority ruling. The SC pronouncement may lead to unintended and unhelpful consequences

The Clerics led by Christ Is the Answer Ministries (CITAM) and Legio Maria of African Church Mission have strongly opposed last week's ruling by the Supreme ...

Three judges in the five-judge bench ruled that community members have a right to associate even though the law considers same-sex marriages illegal. It is meant for a married couple of opposite gender and not same sex.” We as a church cannot vilify sin by permitting same sex marriage. In short, LGBTQ is now a legal entity and can operate at will after registration. “We truly commend the judges who ruled for God’s creative order and for cultural preservation and dissented from that majority ruling. Perhaps also for consideration is criminal organizations as well,” said the preacher.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 - National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has poked holes on the Supreme Court judgment that granted the lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

Each Individual and/or Public institution, including the judiciary, has a duty to uphold, defend and protect public morals!! The SC pronouncement may lead to unintended and unhelpful consequences,” he tweeted. “The court was of the view that the appellant’s decision was discriminatory and that it would be unconstitutional to limit the right to associate, through denial of registration of an association, purely on the basis of the sexual orientation of the applicants,” the court ruled. Ibrahim and Ouko held the decision by the NGO Board was not discriminatory and that it did not infringe Article 27 of the Constitution (2010). The decision by the apex court followed an appeal arising form the Court of Appeal by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) had successfully challenged an appeal by the board against a favorable High Court decision. Despite Kenya being a secular state, the National Assembly Speaker faulted the Judiciary decision arguing that the nation is highly religious and it was up to the Supreme Court to defend the public morals.

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has weighed in on the Supreme Court ruling on the LGBTQ community.

The Apex stated that despite homosexuality being illegal in Kenya, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning persons (LGBTQ) still have a right of association. We truly commend the judges who ruled for God’s creative order and for cultural preservation and dissented from that majority ruling,” Odede said. And perhaps criminal organisations as well” said CITAM presiding bishop Calisto Odede.

Despite Kenya being a secular state, the National Assembly Speaker faulted the Judiciary decision arguing that the nation is highly religious and it was up ...

The Speaker of the National Assembly in Kenya denounced a Supreme Court ruling. The ruling also caused a storm in evangelical circles, including the Nairobi-based CITAM church. Homosexuality remains criminalised in Kenya.

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Speaker of the National Assembly in Kenya, Moses Wetangula has denounced the right to register and operate as a legal entity ...

He said although Kenya is secular, it is very religious and it is therefore up to the apex court in the country to defend “public morality”. The Supreme Court recognises the right of the LGBTQ+ community to form a lobby group and associate, a decision Speaker says violates public morality. The Speaker of the National Assembly in Kenya, Moses Wetangula has denounced the right to register and operate as a legal entity granted to the LGBTQ+ community by the Supreme Court in its ruling.

Librarians in Louisiana are being targeted and facing harassment from conservative activists who want to ban or limit access to LGBTQ books in public ...

“The presiders of these meetings have a duty to maintain order in these meetings.” Four of the books challenged are not in the library collection. 14 percent of the books challenged are in the children’s section. Most of the 150 books in the complaints are not in the children’s section, according to data provided by the St. Twenty-five percent of books flagged for content are written for adults and are located in the adult section. “What’s changed in my lifetime is that now we have a lot of books with queer content that I didn’t have when I was a kid. “There are no librarians grooming kids, and there are no queer people in the library grooming children. I think it’s pretty clear that the books are not the problem,” said Manuel, who is a public school teacher and lifelong St. “That is not good for a kid to think that they’re unsaveable.” 14 post reads, “The fact that the Saint Tammany Parish Library Administration is using literature to groom our children is incontrovertible. Since then, Jones said she has faced unrelenting attacks online, like falsely representing that she shares “sexually erotic and pornographic materials” with children as young as six and “advocat[es] teaching anal sex to 11 year olds,” according to a defamation lawsuit filed by Jones in August against the owners of two conservative Facebook groups. She is the president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians and has worked as an educator and librarian in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, for more than two decades.

The raging debate surrounding the Supreme Court's verdict to have LGBTQ NGOs registered has taken a new twist after AG Justin Muturi bitterly protested it.

Over the weekend, Kuria criticised the investor for trading at Unicity Mall instead of manufacturing goods. The law on the jurisdiction of small claims courts does not allow me to adjudicate on that," Mbugua said. Some of these men have approached my court for help but, unfortunately, my court cannot compel such women to pay back their fare. I am sure 95% of our population was shocked. [hoping to buy cheap products ](https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/counties/496034-man-lectures-moses-kuria-china-square-takeover-ulikuwa-wapi-wakianza/)from the shopping complex at Kenyatta University's Unicity Mall said the government was discriminating against foreign investors and killing the spirit of competition. [new secretary-general Cleophas Malala](https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/496082-cleophas-malala-appointed-uda-secretary-general-replaces-veronica-maina/) said his vision is to ensure the president leads one united team into the next election. [the sacking of Irene Masit](https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/496089-irene-massit-tribunal-recommends-removal-embattled-iebc-commissioner-office/), one of the four [IEBC](https://www.tuko.co.ke/tags/iebc-kenya/) commissioners who opposed Ruto’s election. [ the debate on the matter](https://www.tuko.co.ke/entertainment/celebrities/495821-daddy-owen-opposes-supreme-courts-decision-lgbtq-registered-likens-bandits/) should now be moved out of the church to the public. [Kenya](https://kiswahili.tuko.co.ke/tags/siasa-za-kenya/) Kwanza Alliance folded into one formidable force ahead of the 2027 elections. [Eldoret](https://www.tuko.co.ke/tags/eldoret-news/) court advised that the small claims courts have no jurisdiction over cases involving [ women 'eating fare'](https://www.tuko.co.ke/entertainment/celebrities/464979-mike-sonko-encourages-kenyan-women-eat-fare-bail-arrested/). [Supreme Court to allow LGBTQ ](https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/495831-supreme-court-rules-lgbtq-members-form-ngo-organisation-kenya/)to register associations is going against the values of society. [Embu county](https://www.tuko.co.ke/tags/embu-county-news/), the AG said Kenyans should be allowed to give their opinion through public participation since the issue of the LGBTQ weighs on life.

Jamia Muslim Community has urged President William Ruto to take a stand over the ongoing LGBTQ debate. Last week, the Supreme Court said the decision to ...

"The judgement has come amidst growing concerns, especially from parents about. This followed a ruling made in 2013 by lower courts to deny members of the community in Kenya to register a Non-Governmental Organisation for the advancement of their rights. - This followed a ruling made in 2013 by lower courts to deny members of the community in Kenya to register an NGO for the advancement of their rights.

The Supreme Court of Kenya ruled that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community have the right to association.

“ The Bible categorizes immoral thoughts in the heart and immoral actions as sinful, including homosexual behavior. We truly commend the judges who ruled for God’s creative order and for cultural preservation and dissented from that majority ruling,” Odede said. In all these passages, homosexuality is not approved but rather, is viewed as sinful, unnatural and perverted” he stated. “Homosexuality being illegal in Kenya, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning persons (LGBTQ) still have a Right of Association,”. The Apex stated that despite homosexuality being illegal in Kenya, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning persons (LGBTQ) still have a right of association. And perhaps criminal organisations as well” said CITAM presiding bishop Calisto Odede.

Former presidential candidate Reuben Kigame has urged the public not to judge others through emotions. Through his Twitter handle on Tuesday, ...

I am not particularly sure about the wisdom of legislating morality,” he said. This ought not to be,” Kigame said. Even freedom of association has been abused.”

Constitutional lawyers have supported the Supreme Court's ruling that gave the LGBTQ community the go ahead to register as NGOs despite the mass protests from ...

The ruling was pegged on what the constitution dictates and natural laws,” he added. The best example is commercial sex workers ….they have an organisation fighting for them yet commercial sex is illegal. “I don’t know why people are misinterpreting this ruling, it’s very clear to the point that court has given them the same freedom we have, they can now discuss what of importance to them and that the court did legalize gay acts and lesbianism as interpreted.

Jamia Mosque Committee Secretary General Abdulbari Hamid has taken issue with the Supreme Court decision on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and ...

Further, he noted that the framers of the Kenyan Constitution (which has borrowed heavily from the South African Constitution) on the right to equality, intentionally left out the term sexual orientation (as compared to South African Constitution) premised on the recommendations of the Technical Working Committee on Citizenship and Bill of rights that was adopted by the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission of Kenya (CKRC) 2005, and adopted by the Committee of Experts on prohibition of same sex marriages. Hamid reiterated that the vast majority of Kenyans adhere to Christianity, Islam and traditional beliefs and a common factor in all these beliefs is that homosexuality is immoral, repugnant and a criminal act which cannot be tolerated in Kenyan societies. In a statement, the Secretary-General said the decision is incompatible with the religious, cultural traditions and family relations in the country.

DJ Mo has condemned LGBTQ movement in the country and said passing rules in favour of them was only creating an unsafe environment for raising the children.

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