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Changing tide: Courts repealing traditional cultural practices

Chief Justice Martha Koome. [File, Standard]

When the Supreme Court in February allowed gays and lesbians to form associations to champion their rights, there was an uproar that the decision was against cultural practices.

Majority judges, Philomena Mwilu, Smokin Wanjala, and Njoki Ndungu declared that denying lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, and the queers (LGBTQ) the opportunity to form associations was discriminatory and unconstitutional since it denied them a right to association.

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