A 50-year-old Evangelist, Jacinta Nzilani has shocked many after she came out as a lesbian.
Nzilani has a church in Nairobi near Odeon Cinema.
The Evangelist who was once married, revealed that she decided to become a lesbian after her dear husband of 25-years passed on.
Without her husband around to defend her, she says another motivating factor is the fact that she was subjected to harsh treatment from her in-laws.
"I am a lesbian. I am widow and a woman who stayed with her husband for more than 25 years and then he died and I was treated badly by my in-laws and that is how I decided to live with other women as lesbians." Said Jacinta.
Jacinta adds that she was under immense pressure from people to re-marry, an idea she had zero interest in and as a result she ended up losing her church. Her church was located
That did not deter her from pursuing her heart's desire adding that she is happy after joining her fellow lesbians in their church.
I was located in church and because I was under so much pressure because people wanted me to re-marry which was no longer my interest.
She added:
I feel so good and comfortable with other lesbians. I lost my church, the Sojona church due to what I went through and I joined them in their church
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She was speaking at the high court where members of the LGBT community were anxiously waiting for the landmark ruling on whether the court would scrap British colonial-era laws criminalising gay sex.
Homosexuality is taboo and persecution of sexual minorities is rife. Under sections of Kenya's penal code, gay sex - or "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" - is punishable by up to 14 years in jail.
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