Martin Okello, 29, fled to Kenya from his native Uganda to seek asylum and protection under the UN refugee agency.
So I was beaten and left for dead and that is why I came here to seek asylum under UNHCR Nairobi Kenya”, Okello said.
The day recognizes the millions of people forced to flee their homes due to war or persecution.
“Once I am done with the interview, I will be getting resettled at New York in the United States of America, and there I expect to actually live a life with people of my kind, because here in Nairobi it is more like now I have been thrown in the dungeon of lions where I think that life is not good and people are homophobic.
For now, Okello has found solace in a group shelter called the “House of Nature” in the southwest of Nairobi.
