Richard Quest has called on Kenyans to accept gays in order for their country to be a thriving and modern economy. The CNN anchor of Quest Means Business made this statement in Kenya which he has been in since Monday. He is scheduled to tour selected regions with legendary Marathon World record champion Eliud Kipchoge.
“I do not for a moment, doubt the sincerity of those people who are against me on this issue. And I can respect their point of view, I merely say that in this day and age, if you want to succeed, if you want Kenya to be a thriving, vibrant modern economy, you are going to look at this in a different way and ask yourself what is it about these very successful places that we need to at least try to attract.
“That is the way you do it. You let people live their lives, love who they want, and the way they wish,” he said.
Richard Quest also called for the decriminalization of same sex activities.
“I am obviously going to be advancing an agenda that says there should be at least the decriminalization of same sexual activity. It is straight forward, I am not gonna mess around with that one. That is obviously my belief,” he said in the interview.
His words are coming just few days after President Uhuru Kenyatta stated that he would not bow to pressure requesting that he legalizes same sex activities before his country can receive donors.
“We must ensure that our development is what we want and not that brought from outside. We should not be told that if we want money, we must legislate that a man can marry another,” he said.
