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Kenyan Court of Appeal has granted gays and lesbians a leeway to register their own umbrella lobby.

A majority decision of the court on Friday held that human beings should not be denied their fundamental rights because of how they choose to live their lives.  One of the justices said the LGBT community has a right to freedom of association and that the criminal procedure code does not…

Kenya court heads toward ruling on anti-gay laws

As a Kenyan high court heads toward a decision on whether to overturn the country’s two anti-LGBT laws, homophobic Kenyans are worried.

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Kenya LGBTI advocates fight to keep official recognition

Kenyan LGBTI rights advocates are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, July 27, to further their quest for official government recognition of their legitimacy.

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Kenya moves to appeal courtroom win by LGBTI group

NGLHRC logo

As expected, the government of Kenya has filed notice that it plans to appeal a High Court ruling of April 24 that would open the way to official recognition of LGBTI organizations.

The government has refused to register such organizations on the basis of Kenyan law prohibiting same-sex intimacy.

The April 24 decision came in a case brought by Eric Gitari, executive director of the…

Tabloid joins politician, bishops in targeting LGBTI Kenyans

Front page of the Weekly Citizen. (Photo courtesy of Ambrozio Barigye Wazabanga via Facebook)

In the wake of last month’s High Court decision in favor of a Kenyan organization seeking human rights for LGBTI people, some anti-gay Kenyans have opened the door to even more intense persecution of LGBTI Kenyans.

The latest step in that direction was today’s publication by Kenya’s tabloid Weekly Citizen

Court orders Kenya to register LGBTI activist group

Kenya’s High Court has ruled that the government cannot refuse to give official recognition to LGBTI organizations on the basis of Kenyan law prohibiting same-sex intimacy. The April 24 ruling came in a case brought by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC).

The news was announced in this press release from NGLHRC:

Press Release: High Court Judgment on Petition 440 of 2013

Hostile reception for Kenyan bill to stone gays

Kenya’s parliament in session.

Members of the Kenyan parliament have  spurned a proposal to enact a harsh new anti-homosexuality law.

The bill, proposed by the tiny Republican Liberty Party, which has no elected members in parliament, would have imposed new punishments for same-sex relations — death by stoning in the case of non-Kenyans, life in prison for  Kenyans.

Eric Gitari,  director of…