Kenya could follow Uganda as East African nations wage war on LGBTQ rights

Weeks after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, Kenya could be poised to follow suit with a similarly formulated bill.

Similar moves are also afoot in Tanzania and South Sudan, parliamentarians in those nations told Reuters, revealing for the first time a broad anti-LGBTQ legislative drive across East Africa. Some regional lawmakers frame the issue as an almost existential battle to save African values and sovereignty, which they say have been battered by Western pressure to capitulate on gay rights.