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Kaluma to pay lobby group Sh500,000 for challenging LGBTQ ruling

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Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma will pay a lobby group Sh500,000 for challenging the Supreme Court's ruling to allow gays and lesbians to have an association.

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court declined to set aside its earlier ruling and ordered the lawmaker to pay the amount to Eric Gitari, the former Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), after finding that he filed late his review application for challenging the registration of the association recognising Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) community in Kenya.

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