 about kenya
official name: Republic of Kenya
capital: Nairobi
head of state: President Mwai Kibaki
state: multi party democracy
population: 33,829,590
independence: from Britain in 1963
languages: English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
religion: Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%, other 1%
currency: Kenyan shilling (KES)
media: Media East African and Daily Nation
legal wise
status of homosexuality: illegal
age of consent: 16
laws covering homosexual activity: Sections 162 to 165 of the Penal Code criminalize homosexual behaviour and attempted homosexual behaviour between men, referring to it as "carnal knowledge against the order of nature". The penalty is 5 to 14 years' imprisonment. Lesbian relations are not mentioned in the law. (PB)
November 1994: Kenya deported an Australian homosexual who worked at a hotel in the resort of Lamu Nov. 2, Reuter reported. Immigration officials said the man was told to leave "to protect him from the people of Lamu who abhor homosexual activities. Two other suspected queers were targeted as well but immigration officials were unable to locate them. "Homosexuality is prohibited under our country's laws and is morally unacceptable in our society," immigration spokesman Frank Kwinga explained. "We shall not allow these people to come and teach our people bad manners." "(RW/ 951)
June 26, 1998: Kenyan law defines any sexual relations between men as a criminal act. There are, however, few prosecutions; one exception is the current (early 1998) investigation into the Forum for Positive Generation on Aids Prevention, a registered community organisation for people with HIV in Kisumu. Police allege that the organisation has been "recruiting" homosexuals.
background information and government attitudes:
Kenya opposed any discussion of lesbian issues during the 1985: UN Women's Conference.
1993: Kenya's principal immigration officer, Frank Kwinga: "homosexuality is morally unacceptable in our country" (The Guardian, London, 3/11/93 - p12 - HRHSA)
1995: President Daniel arap Moi claimed that "words like lesbianism and homosexuality do not exist in African languages"
communication
main lines in use: 310,000 (2001)
cellular telephones: 540,000 (2001).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 24, FM 18, shortwave 6 (2001).
Radios: 3.07 million (1997).
Television broadcast stations: 8 (2002).
Televisions: 730,000 (1997).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 65 (2001).
Internet users: 500,000 (2002).
links and contacts
galebitra: miriejm@yahoo.com
Jeremy: miriejm@yahoo.com
rainbow kenya: http://www.geocities.com/rainbowkenyaglbt
gay kenya
URL: www.gaykenya.com
Email: info@gaykenya.com
Ishtar: bonixke@yahoo.com
TOMIK/The Other Men in Kenya: georgekibe2003@hotmail.com>
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Articles:
 kenyan lesbians finally get home
by Musa Ngubane 25/7/2006
KENYA � July 25, 2006: Minority Women In Action (MWIA) is a new group representing susceptible gay women in Kenya.
african homosexuals come out of the closet
by Mask Admin 13/7/2006
KENYA - July 13, 2006: Leone Immanuel is an invisible man, part of a minority community that many in conservative Africa prefer to believe does not exist and which is reviled, shunned and persecuted when it dares seek recognition.
across the continent, gays face jail terms, discrimination
by Mask Admin 23/6/2006
NAIROBI � June 23, 2006: "We are here in Africa: we live in the mainstream, we pay taxes like everybody else in the mainstream, we relate with people in the mainstream. We are a naturally-occurring phenomenon in the universe," said activist Donna Smith of gay persons in Africa.
bishop denies kenya trip was ended by gay row
by Mask Admin 5/6/2006
KENYA � June 5, 2006: The Anglican Bishop of Chelmsford, the Rt Rev John Gladwin, has told the BBC that it is not true to say that his recent trip to Kenya with a group of curates was cut short because of a public row about his sympathy for lesbian and gay Christians. It was completed after a hiatus.
bishop stranded in africa blames the devil
by Mask Admin 2/6/2006
KENYA � June 2, 2006: The Church of England bishop who was abandoned deep in the African bush by his hosts when they learned of his views on homosexuality today blamed "the devil" for his ordeal.
 homosexuals not threat to aids fight by Mask Admin 31/5/2006
request for sermon by gay rights bishop turned down by Mask Admin 26/5/2006
kenyan hosts abandon bishop due to his liberal views on gays by Mask Admin 25/5/2006
bishop is abandoned in deepest Africa by Mask Admin 24/5/2006
ack still opposed to gay marriages by Mask Admin 23/5/2006
mps disagree on drugs, rights of lesbians by Mask Admin 12/5/2006
we need to regulate it laws in east africa, says buturo by Mask Admin 1/5/2006
muslim council supports sexual bill, criticises male mps by Mask Admin 29/4/2006
acrimony as house debates sexual offences bill by Mask Admin 27/4/2006
pro-gay church community established in kenya, uganda by Mask Admin 11/4/2006
ngilu alarmed by homosexual cases by Mask Admin 5/4/2006
being gay, christian and african by Mask Admin 13/3/2006
kenya to deport man wearing dress by Mask Admin 8/12/2005
girls together by Mask Admin 21/11/2005
pcea says it will not support same sex relations by Mask Admin 2/8/2005
homosexuality debate in Kenya un-muted as key figures start questioning homophobia by Mask Admin 8/7/2005
la discussion d'homosexualit� au Kenya by Mask Admin 8/7/2005
big 'no' to same-sex unions by Mask Admin 1/7/2005
what exactly is wrong with gay marriages? by Mask Admin 27/6/2005
anglicans spurn gay church cash by Mask Admin 9/6/2005
homosexuality and the trend of hiv in kenya by Mask Admin 27/5/2005
giving homosexuality a thought by Mask Admin 23/5/2005
un body opposes sex law by Mask Admin 26/4/2005
men can be rape by Mask Admin 24/3/2005
now prisons get a new lease of life by Mask Admin 21/2/2005
bernard muiru on the day he was convicted of sodomy by Mask Admin 19/1/2005
the gay underground by Mask Admin 4/9/2004
new website will launch soon by Mask Admin 13/8/2004
a real gay time by Mask Admin 7/8/2004
health minister attacks ex-attorney general over his stand on abortion and gays by Mask Admin 3/6/2004
well men's clinic welcomes all by Mask Admin 2/5/2004
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