The United States of America has dismissed sections of media reports that the western country was using humanitarian aid to push for the legalization of homosexuality in Kenya.
Speaking on Friday, March 3, the United States of America (US) ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman stated that the KSh 16 Billion donor funding extended to Kenya is not linked to the Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ.
She said the US has a different view on homosexuality compared to Kenya and that the European nation would not impose its view on Kenya.
“There is absolutely no linkage between food and drought relief and Kenyans’ stance on LGBTQ,” Whiteman said.
“As the United States, we probably have a different position in that we view LGBTQ rights as human rights. We respect every country’s point of view and what position they will take on that and we will respect that,” she added.
Her comments came just days after a section of Kenyan including Members of Parliament and religious leaders linked the Supreme Court of Kenya verdict to donor cash.
The Apex Court last week opened for registration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) associations.
A section of lawmakers under the auspices of Catholic MP’s Spiritual Initiative (CAMPSI) linked the Supreme Court to recent KSh 16 billion aid from the UK last month.
“The support for the LGBTQ is now linked to foreign aid, you are denied funding if you oppose LGBTQ” CAMSI chairman Innocent Obiri said.
Obiri made the remarks after the country received KSh 16 billion from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for food assistance.
The funding was made just a day after US First Lady Jill Biden concluded her three-day official state visit to Kenya and just days after the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on homosexuality.
