Kenyan court due to rule on decriminalising homosexuality

NAIROBI: Kenya's High Court is on Friday expected to deliver a long-awaited ruling on whether to scrap colonial-era laws which criminalise homosexuality, a verdict that could have repercussions across Africa.

While convictions under the decades-old laws are rare, gay activists say the legislation is unconstitutional and fuels homophobia. "LGBTQ people in Kenya for years and years have faced and suffered violence and harm in unimaginable ways, but justice has not been afforded to them because of the penal code," said Macharia.In March, the High Court banned forced anal testing of men suspected of being gay.

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