Why court postponed ruling on gay sex to May 24Kenyans will wait for 91 days to know the fate of gay marriages. On Friday, Justice Chacha Mwita moved the widely anticipated ruling to the morning of May 24 as the decision was not ready. Currently, people convicted of gay sex face up to 14 years in prison. SEE ALSO :Beauty queen makes history as first ever transgender Miss Universe contestantThis does not extend to gay sex as Section 162 of the Kenyan Penal Code marks gay sex or “carnal knowledge against the order of nature” as a punishable felony. Recently across the world, India's Supreme Court overturned a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as an "unnatural offence".

Source: Standard Digital February 22, 2019 07:08 UTC