International and African LGBTQ organizations have called for a redirection of aid after an in-depth investigative report alleged government and private foreign investments unknowingly fund conversion therapy practices in East Africa.
The investigative report conducted by United Kingdom-based openDemocracy revealed organizations funded by major international aid agencies USAID, PEPFAR, UK Aid, and Global Fund inadvertently are supporting conversion therapy.
Undercover reporters allegedly found staffers secretly offering referrals to so-called conversion therapy services provided by third-party operators in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
OpenDemocracy published its findings in a series of articles June 30.
Efforts to cure homosexuality are inherently degrading and discriminatory, said Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, Africa director at the International Commission of Jurists human rights organization, in response to the openDemocracy s reporting.
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Lawyer Charles Kanjama representing Kenya Christians Professionals at the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya court ruling at High court 24th May 2019. [David Gichuru, Standard]
The former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) Nairobi branch president, Charles Kanjama, has joined the fray of those seeking to stop the push for a referendum.
Kanjama, in a case filed before High Court Judge Jairus Ngaah, wants the court to quash the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission s (IEBC) verification of signatures.
If the lawyer’s plea is allowed, it would mean the whole exercise driving the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) will have been futile as debate on the Bill to amend the Constitution was based on signatures passing the one million mark.