Below is what President Obama said when asked during a press
conference this afternoon in Nairobi what he thinks about gay rights in
Kenya.
You can look at the
history of people around the world. When you start treating people
differently not because of the harm they are doing to anybody but
because they are different, that’s the path whereby freedom is beginning
to erode. If somebody is a law abiding citizen who is going about their
business and not breaking any law and obeying the traffic signs and
doing all the things good citizens are supposed to do and not harming
anybody, the idea they are treated differently based on who they love is
wrong. Full stop.”he said
Below is Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta’s response on the issue.
“The fact of the matter is Kenya and US
share so many values, democracy, entrepreneurship, family values. These
are things we share but there are some things we do not share. Our
culture our societies don’t accept. Its very difficult for us to be able
to impose on people that which they themselves do not accept. This is
why I repeatedly say that for Kenyans today, the issue of gay rights is
really a non issue. We want to focus on other areas that are day to day
living for our people. Our health issues as we have discussed with
president Obama. These are critical. Issues of inclusive of women, a
key section of society that is normally left out of the mainstream of
economic development. What we can do in terms of infrastructure,
Education, Roads, Power and Entrepreneurship. Maybe once like you have
overcome some of these challenges we can begin to look at new once but
the fact remains that this issue is not one that is in the foremost
minds of Kenyans and that is the fact”he said
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