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An LGBTQ community member wearing rainbow socks waits for the verdict on scrapping laws criminalising homosexuality to be read at the Milimani high court in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 24, 2019. - Kenya's high court, in a much-awaited verdict, refused on May 24, 2019 to scrap laws criminalising homosexuality, fearing this would lead to same-sex marriage which it said was unconstitutional. "We find the impugned sections (of the penal code) are not unconstitutional. We hereby decline the relief sought and dismiss the consolidated petition," said presiding judge Roselyne Aburili. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)