CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF THE LGBT RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE: A CASE ANALYSIS OF SELECT EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC) STATES

Abstract

This study reviewed the constitutional protection of the LGBT rights and access to justice in the selected East African Community (EAC) states. The reviewed concentrated on public online information search of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, covering the past two decades. The study showed that LGBT existed long before white occupation in East African’s regions. The study indicated that the existing laws which were based on religious foundations while lacking any traditional or ethnic backing had not been revised even after the exit of the imperial powers. The study noted that modern day churches were active advocates of LGBT intolerance in Africa. The research noted that Pentecostal-Charismatic forms of Christianity had expanded magnificently across East Africa and all-over sub-Saharan Africa and they were leading in global opposition of same-sex relationships and increasing gay rights.