 My name is Willie Mutunga. I was Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya. I joined the University of Nairobi when Kenyatta was still alive. But there was a clear dictatorship. The third floor, that's where my office was. That's where I was picked from. But we took a stand and paid for it. I was detained for 16 months. I was lucky to be alive. A lot of people died during that period. So there were consequences that make it very difficult for you to feel comfortable with a system that does that to you and your family. And then you realize it's not just you. In that way you get fellow travelers. You find trade unions who have issues, you find women who have issues, you find gay people who have issues. You are not alone. At some point you know it would just be normal for people to support gay rights movement. Decriminalization means aligning the statutes to the vision of the Constitution which is about rights equality. Empathizing with different identities is a space for all of us. You realize that when you start fighting for the right to food, we are human beings, we are not going to look into sexual identities. We want food, we want health, we want education because we are all a human family. The moment we allow ourselves to be divided on the basis of sexual orientation, we will never be able to achieve the humanity we require in this continent and in the world.