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President Obama to be confronted by 5,000 naked male and female prostitutes in Kenya during anti-gay protest in a bid to 'show him the difference between men and women'

By Simon Tomlinson for MailOnline15:02 15 Jul 2015, updated 16:58 15 Jul 2015
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  • Demonstrators to protest President's support for legalising homosexuality 
  • Organisers say prostitutes would lose customers if the law was changed
  • Mr Obama urged by rights groups to meet democracy activists on visit
  • Will visit Kenya, where his father was born, and Ethiopia later this month
Barack Obama will be confronted by 5,000 naked prostitutes when he visits Kenya next week.
A two-day demonstration has been organised to protest against the U.S. president's support for legalising homosexuality in the African country.
The Republican Liberty party, which is behind the stunt, said it will involve male and female sex workers to show Mr Obama the difference between men and women.
Party leader Vincent Kidala said the prostitutes had agreed to participate free of charge because they would lose customers if homosexuality was legalised.
Facing a deluge of sex workers: Barack Obama will be confronted by 5,000 naked prostitutes when he visits Kenya next week in a protest against his support for legalising homosexuality in the African country 
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Facing a deluge of sex workers: Barack Obama will be confronted by 5,000 naked prostitutes when he visits Kenya next week in a protest against his support for legalising homosexuality in the African country 
He told Kenya newspaper The Star: 'The procession shall be carried out by 5,000 totally naked men and women to protest over Obama's open and aggressive support for homosexuality.
'Our party has a network of prostitutes in Nairobi, Nakuru and other counties. This is where we shall get all these people whose number we expect to increase.'
The demonstration will take place at Freedom Corner in Nairobi's Uhuru Park on July 22 and 23.

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Yesterday, more than 50 African and global human rights groups called on Mr Obama to publicly meet democracy activists when he visits Ethiopia and Kenya later this month.
In a letter delivered to the White House, groups welcomed Obama's planned visit, but voiced concerns about 'grave and worsening human rights challenges' in his host countries.
Signatories included a host of African non-governmental groups as well as Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, the Open Society Foundation and the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Centre.
'We believe it imperative that you take the opportunity of your visits to meet publicly with pro-democracy and human rights activists,' the letter said.
Public protest: The demonstration will take place at Freedom Corner in Nairobi's Uhuru Park, above, on July 22 and 23 (file picture of an unconnected gathering)
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Public protest: The demonstration will take place at Freedom Corner in Nairobi's Uhuru Park, above, on July 22 and 23 (file picture of an unconnected gathering)
Citing the arrest of six bloggers in Ethiopia – five of whom have recently been released – and sanctions against two Kenyan human rights groups, the signatories described a 'shrinking civic space' in both countries.
Obama's willingness to meet activists, they said, would afford the groups protection and send a message that Washington stands with them.
Obama is due to visit Ethiopia later this month as well as Kenya, where his father was born.
A presidential visit to Kenya had been put on ice while President Uhuru Kenyatta faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the 2007/08 post-election violence.
The International Criminal Court has since suspended that prosecution, citing a lack of evidence and Kenya's failure to cooperate.
Human rights groups have criticized the Kenya trip, but have also questioned why Obama is visiting Ethiopia so soon after a contested election, which saw the ruling party win all parliamentary seats.
The White House stressed that it frequently addresses issues of democracy and political rights with countries in the region