Kenya will never legalise same-gender sexual behaviour (LGBTQ), this is according to Second Lady Dorcas Rigathi.
Speaking during an orientation forum for first year students at Maasai Mara University in Narok County, Dorcas assured that the country will never legalize same sex relationships.
“I am a pastor and am a mother, and I have never in the history of the world found where religion, that is Christianity, the Muslim and the traditional religion, the culture and the law, meet at one place and say that this is the wrong thing. In this country it is not lawful for a man to marry a man. It is not lawful for a woman to marry a woman. It is illegal,” she said.
Dorcas added: “Africa is not ready for that, we have our culture, we have our own religion, we have our religion, I think it is time we come out and speak. When you hear us speak about this, it is because we want to have a thriving Africa.”
‘Speak out!’
Dorcas, who is also a pastor, further urged the students to always speak about issues affecting them instead of resorting to suicide.
She was speaking about this in a bid to curb the ever-increasing cases of suicide among university and college students.
In her recent engagement with University of Nairobi students, the Second Lady was told of numerous cases of suicide among students.
Dorcas has been conducting talks in institutions of higher learning having held sessions in the University of Nairobi, Daystar University, Mt. Kenya University and several vocational institutes.
She has also been to secondary schools among them Tudor Boys in Mombasa, Dagoreti High School, Aldai Girls in Nandi County, Kahuhia High School in Murang’a, Kagumo High School in Nyeri and Narok Boys High School in her preventive program in collaboration with NACADA and religious organizations.
“Please don’t die on me, I am a mother crying and speaking to you, please stay alive. We need you,” she urged the Masaai Mara University students.
She is running a boychild empowerment program as she fights against drugs and substance abuse.
