Media Advisory: Hearing of Petition 150 of 2016 consolidated with 234 of 2016 on decriminalisation of the same sex consensual sexual acts

Who: John Mathenge and 8 others and Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN)

Vs.

The Attorney General

What:  A three judge bench of the Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court in Nairobi will hear Petition 150 of 2016 as consolidated with Petition 234 of 2016 on decriminalization of the same sex consensual sexual acts.

When: 1 March 2018.

Where: Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya in Nairobi, Court No. 1 on 3^rd Floor, Milimani Law Courts.

Why: The petitioners are challenging the provisions of the Penal Code that criminalise same sex consensual activity. KELIN has been admitted as an interested  party to support the arguments on how the sections violate the right to health.

Pleadings

• Petition 234 of 2016.
• Expert affidavit by Prof Anand Grover
• Submissions in support of the petition

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For more information contact:

Carolene Kituku

Advocate for the Interested Party

Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN)

4th Floor, Somak Building, Mombasa Road

Tel +254202515790; Cell +254720467396;

Email: ckituku@kelinkenya.org