Was Jill Biden’s tour to Kenya connected to the LGBTQ ruling
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Jill Biden's tour to Kenya was not connected to the LGBTQ ruling as it's being alleged according to Nandi Senator, Samson Cherargei
Jill Biden’s tour to Kenya was not connected to the LGBTQ ruling as it’s being alleged according to Nandi Senator, Samson Cherargei.
Nandi Senator, Samson Cherargei, dismissed claims that US First lady Jill Biden’s visit to the country was connected to the recent Supreme Court verdict on the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Queers (LGBTQ) rights to association.
On March 2, Cherargei asserted during a speech to the Senate that Biden had neither impacted the Supreme Court’s ruling or put pressure on the executive branch to support LGBTQ rights.
He also denied rumors that the US government gave Ksh16 billion after the Supreme Court decision.
“There is the allegation that the Ksh15 billion given to the government to fight drought was courtesy to the verdict. I want to deny and confirm that it is not true,” Cherargei clarified.
“The visit of Jill Biden is not connected with what is happening, and therefore, we oppose homosexuality in the country,” he insisted.
Cherargei praised President William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua for stating their positions on the LGBTQ controversy. The two, according to him, had proven to be statesmen who were prepared to defend the 2010 Constitution.
Ruto stated that Kenya has values that must be upheld during the Women Fund launch on March 2 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).
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“I cannot allow our women to get competition from men who chase after men. That will not happen under my watch,” the President stated.
Ruto added, “we have our culture and traditions, we respect our constitution and all our religions we can’t travel the road of women marrying women or men marrying men. This won’t happen in Kenya.”
Meanwhile, the Ksh16 Senator Cherargei referred to, was an aid released by the Agency for International Development (USAID) to help 1.3 million people across Kenya fight drought and hunger.
USAID donated the funds after Jill Biden toured the North Eastern region and called for an immediate resolution to the residents’ plight.
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