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South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) on Thursday resolved to summon Foreign Affairs Minister James Pitia Morgan and the border committee that was set up to address the border dispute between South Sudan to answer queries about the Kajo-Keji border crisis.
Weeks after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-LGBT laws on Earth, Kenya could be poised to follow suit with a similarly formulated bill that punishes gay sex with prison or even death in some cases, according to a draft of the law and two lawmakers backing it in parliament.
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Mohamed Ali doesn't believe gay Africans exist. Openly gay Africans are liars seeking visas to the West or money from rights groups, he adds. Ali is a member of Kenya's parliament.
The draft of Kenya's Family Protection Bill, seen by Reuters, mirrors many aspects of the Ugandan law, which was signed by President Yoweri Museveni at the end of May to the dismay of the LGBT community, human rights campaigners and Western capitals. Gay sex is punishable by at least 10 years in jail under the proposed Kenyan law, while "aggravated homosexuality", which includes gay sex with a minor or disabled person or when a terminal disease is passed on, brings the death penalty.
South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) on Monday unanimously passed the Social Insurance Bill 2023 to its third reading and directed the specialized committee on labor to conduct public hearings to enrich it before tabling it for further discussion.