By Oyintari Ben
Kenya’s education ministry has started a campaign to combat what it labelled the LGBTQ agenda’s infiltration of schools.
The government will establish school chaplaincies, minister Ezekiel Machogu informed senators on Thursday.
There are worries that the plan will result in schools teaching false information about LGBTQ people and same-sex couples.
Homosexuality is still illegal, but anti-gay sentiment has worsened since the Supreme Court upheld the gay community’s right to register an association last month.
According to the minister, a group has already been established to address LGBTQ issues in schools, and one of its potential responsibilities is to examine school textbooks.
An archbishop from the Kenyan Anglican Church will serve as its leader.
In response to a senator’s concern over the purported expansion of the LGBTQ agenda in elementary schools, Mr Machogu stated, “We cannot permit these problems to spread inside of our classrooms,” addressing the concerns.
