USA breaks silence on Kenya’s LGBTQ Supreme Court ruling
USA through Ambassador Meg Whitman says the United States will respect Kenya's stance on LGBTQ
USA through Ambassador Meg Whitman says the United States will respect Kenya’s stance on LGBTQ.
The US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman broke her silence Friday over the ongoing debate about the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community in Kenya.
Washington’s top diplomat in Nairobi says every country can make their own decisions about LGBTQ rights and that there has been no coercion from the world’s largest power.
She, however, insists that even though countries can decide how to deal with gay rights issues, the United States has a different position which is that it views LGBTQ rights as human rights.
“We respect every country’s point of view on what position they want to take on this (LGBTQ debate) but of course our democratic values and the way we feel is different and that’s okay, because countries are different,” she said.
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Amid widespread claims that the US was allegedly eager to promote homosexual activities in other countries, Whitman was categorical that the claim is untrue, especially as regards Kenya, amid a recent ruling by the Supreme Court that gave greenlight to the registration of LGBTQ association.
Whitman insists the US had no hand whatsoever in the matter.
“We have a very strong working relationship over many years and I think the Kenya government knows the U.S perspective, but we also respect Kenya on this particular (LGBTQ) issue,” she said.
Whitman further dismissed claims that Washington was using its aid mechanism to influence countries into embracing LGBTQ.
“There is absolutely no linkage at all between the food and drug relief (from the US Government) and Kenya’s stance on LGBTQ,” she reiterated.
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