By Vostine Ratemo
Appearing before the Senate Standing Committee yesterday, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said the government is set to curtail the spread of Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queers (LGBTQ) practices in public schools.
Machogu said that the Ministry of Education had reached an agreement with clerics led by the Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop, Jackson Ole Sapit, to address the concerns about LGBTQ.
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the Supreme Court ruling which proposed that LGBTQ members should be allowed to register themselves in NGOs, a thing which has been heavily opposed by prominent leaders in the country including President William Ruto and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua who voiced their stances on the issue as they clearly vowed not to allow same- sex marriages and relationships in the country.
During a meeting with faith – based organisations on February 22, which was about finding new regulatory measures to govern outsiders carrying out activities in institutions of basic education, the CS discussed education on sexuality in schools and, consequently, the plan to establish the chaplaincies in institutions as it will be of much help protecting the teachers and students from the influence of contemporary practices capable of eroding cultural values.
