Kenya’s education ministry has launched an investigation into what it calls the infiltration of LGBTQ agendas in schools.
According to Minister Ezekiel Machogu, the government will establish chaplaincy in schools.
There are concerns that the program will lead to misinformation about LGBTQ people and same-sex relationships being taught in schools.
Gay sex remains illegal, but anti-gay sentiment has hardened in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision last month upholding the gay community’s right to form an association.
According to the minister, a committee has already been formed to address LGBTQ issues in schools, and its role could include reviewing school literature.
It will be led by an archbishop from Kenya’s Anglican Church.
“These are issues that we cannot allow to permeate our schools,” Mr. Machogu said.
The minister was responding to a senator who expressed concern about the spread of the LGBTQ agenda in elementary schools.
