President Uhuru Kenyatta has said gay rights is not a burning issue for Kenya at the moment. In an interview with Christiane Amanpour of CNN, President Kenyatta reiterated the country’s stance on homosexuality saying that it goes against cultural beliefs of majority of Kenyans. The President said same-sex relations is not an issue of human rights, but rather of "our own base as a culture”.

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"I won't engage in a subject that is of no importance to the people of Kenya. This is not an issue of human rights, this is an issue of our own base as a culture, as a people regardless of which community you come from," President Kenyatta said.

Homosexuality is illegal in Kenya. Ms Amanpour pressed the President about his personal opinion on the issue.

"This is not about Uhuru Kenyatta saying yes or no, this is an issue of the people of Kenya themselves who have bestowed upon themselves a Constitution after several years of clearly stating that this is not acceptable and is not a subject they are willing to engage in at this time and moment," he said.

“This is a global issue. You don't think the idea of their privacy, equality and rights is important?," Ms Amanpour asked the President.

Mr Kenyatta replied: "It is important to them where they are. It's not important to me as the leader of 49 million Kenyans. I represent that which our people desire us to believe." Read more via Daily Nation