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Ngilu Alarmed By Homosexual
Cases
04 April 2006- Health minister Charity Ngilu yesterday said she
would table the issue of homosexuality among Coastal youths before the
Cabinet
Ngilu termed the situation serious,
adding that the matter must be handled at the Cabinet level.
Speaking in Mombasa during a
leaders meeting, Ngilu said she was shocked by revelations that
homosexuality among teenagers was rampant in Coastal towns.
"I did not know that homosexuality
and sodomy were rampant among our youths in the Coast. This is a very
sad thing. I will table the matter before the Cabinet so that we can
find ways of ending this shameful menace," she said.
"What does the future hold for our
children if some of them indulge in homosexuality and sodomy?" she
asked.
She said homosexuality was illegal
in Kenya.
"We cannot allow sex between man
and man. Men should have sexual relationships with women only," she
said.
She urged the provincial
administration to crack down on tycoons who, she said, lured youths into
homosexuality. Coast General Hospital chief administrator, Dr Khadija
Shikelly, said schoolgirls engaged in anal sex to avoid getting
pregnant.
"There is need for parents to
educate their children on the dangers of this vice," she said.
National Heritage minister,
Suleiman Shakombo, said some girls engaged in the vice to preserve their
virginity.
"This is due to some traditions
that teach girls that they must be virgins when they get married," he
said.
Elsewhere, Reproductive Health
organisation's deputy director, Dr Josephine Kibaru, has decried the
rise in cases of HIV/Aids among youths.
Kibaru said studies by the Health
ministry had shown that children aged between 14 and 15 were sexually
active. She made the remarks at the Coast Provincial Commissioner's
office during a meeting, which focused on adolescents.
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