- Kaluma said Ngunyi cannot tell Kenyan to turn a blind eye to something threatening the whole humanity.
- Ngunyi said Kenyans should “climb down from their high horse of morality.
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Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has questioned the sexual orientation of Mutahi Ngunyi following remarks the popular and controversial political analyst made.
Kaluma, who is pushing to have people convicted of homosexuality and other unnatural sexual acts face life imprisonment, said Ngunyi cannot tell Kenyans to turn a blind eye to “something threatening the whole humanity”.
“We will help those who have been lured into this perversion to get out of it. Could you be one of them?” he posed on Twitter.
He was reacting to Ngunyi’s remarks on Twitter that LGBTQ will not go away.
"My random truth on LBGTQ, it will not go away. And you cannot police the morality of humans,” he posted.
LGBTQ is an acronym used to describe lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning persons or the community.
Ngunyi further said Kenyans should “climb down from their high horse of morality.”
“We must accept that it is here with us. We must exercise tolerance of choice. And if it does not affect you, turn a blind eye,” he said.
Kaluma is planning to table a Bill before the National Assembly to increase the severity of the penalty for those convicted of homosexual offences.
“We must arrest homosexuality, bestiality and those other unnatural acts before the vices destroy our society,” the MP said on February 24, 2023.
He noted that his proposed law is intended to further the provisions of Article 45(2) of the Constitution to protect the family.
He reiterated that the law will not only consolidate the existing legislation relating to unnatural sexual acts but also increase the penalty.
On May 24, 2019, the High Court upheld laws criminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults.
The court was addressing a petition filed in 2016 by three Kenyan organisations that work to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
The groups said criminalisation of same-sex conduct under articles 162 and 165 of the penal code violates the rights to equality, non-discrimination, human dignity, security, privacy, and health, all protected under Kenya’s
Kenya’s anti-homosexuality laws were first imposed by British colonisers in 1897.
Article 162 punishes carnal knowledge against the order of nature with up to 14 years in prison, while Article 165 makes “indecent practices between males” liable to up to five years in prison.