Landmark ruling as court outlaws anal tests on gays

Homosexual couple relaxing on the sofa

The Court of Appeal has declared that anal examination of suspects to extract evidence of homosexual conduct is unconstitutional in a landmark judgement.

Three judges in Mombasa differed with the police and medical officers who subjected two men to these tests at the Coast General Hospital based on a magistrate’s order. The exercise was declared not only illegal and unconstitutional but also unreasonable.