On the last day of his visit to Kenya, Obama mixed the personal with the presidential and told Kenyans the country stood at a crossroads, a moment filled with peril but enormous promise.
Stating that America would stand shoulder to shoulder with Kenya which is facing increased violence from militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab he said, “Terrorists who try to sow chaos, they must be met with force. They must also be met though with a forceful commitment to uphold the rule of law and respect for human rights and to treat everybody who’s peaceful and law-abiding fairly and equally.”
He also told the crowd of nearly 5,000 that Kenya must not treat women as second-class citizens, that it must tackle corruption and embrace diversity, a clear reference to gay rights. In the country where homosexual sex is punishable by up to 14 years in jail, discrimination and violence against the LGBT community is common. Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta clashed with Obama on Saturday, saying the subject o
