Mu gihugu cya Kenya, umugabo w’imyaka 50 yahanishijwe igifungo cy’imyaka 50 nyuma yo guhamwa n’icyaha cyo kwica umutinganyi, Bwana Edwin Kiptoo, mu gihe cy’umwaka wa 2023. Kiptoo yishwe mu buryo bw’ubushake mu mwaka wa 2021, kandi umurambo we wasanzwe mu isanduku y’icyuma mu mujyi wa Eldoret. Iyi nkuru imaze gukwirakwira, yahungabanyije abaharanira uburenganzira bw’abatinganyi, aho bamwe batangiye kugaba imyigaragambyo bashaka ko uwamwishe aburanishwa neza, ndetse bakaba basaba ko habaho ubutabera ku bw’iyicwa rye.
Ubu buhamya bukurikira iperereza ryakozwe nyuma y’urupfu rwa Kiptoo, aho uwabana na we, Bwana Jacktone Odhiambo, yahise ashyikirizwa inzego z’ubutabera akekwaho kugira uruhare mu rupfu rwa Kiptoo. Ariko, Bwana Odhiambo yahakanye amakuru y’uko yishe Kiptoo, avuga ko atigeze amwambura ubuzima nk’uko ashinjwa.
Umwunganizi wa Odhiambo, Bwana Sanny Mathai, yavuze ko umukiriya we yakatiwe igihano cy’imyaka 50 ariko ko batarabona uburyo bwo kujurira. Ati: “Nibyo koko umukiriya wange yakatiwe imyaka mirongo itanu, gusa sinahawe uburyo bwo kujurira.”
Mu gihugu cya Kenya, ubutinganyi ntabwo bwemewe, kandi umuntu wese uhamwe n’icyaha cyo kuba umutinganyi ashobora guhanishwa igifungo cy’imyaka 14. Iyi ngingo ikomeza kubahirizwa n’ubuyobozi bwa Kenya, mu gihe abaharanira uburenganzira bw’abatinganyi bavuga ko hakenewe impinduka mu mategeko y’igihugu, hagamijwe kurengera uburenganzira bw’abantu bose, harimo n’ababa mu muryango wa LGBTQ+.
Iyi nkuru ikomeje gutuma habaho impaka hagati y’abantu batandukanye, ariko abaharanira uburenganzira bw’abatinganyi bo mu karere ka Afurika baravuga ko hakenewe ubutabera mu rwego rwo guharanira uburenganzira bwa buri wese, kandi ko ibyabaye kuri Kiptoo bidakwiye kwihanganirwa.
