Nairobi — The 'No' team has told off the United States over alleged meddling in Kenya's constitution making.

Red Card Centre chief executive Tom Namwamba said it was "contemptuous" of US Vice-President Joe Biden to peg President Barack Obama's visit to Kenya and the pouring in of aid on the passing of the proposed constitution.

"Are we making a constitution for Kenya or the United States of America? We are a sovereign state and not a colony of any nation," said Dr Namwamba, who was in the company of Konoin MP Julius Kones.

Marriages

Speaking in Bomet, Dr Namwamba said section 27 (4) of the Bill of Rights, which stipulates that the State should not discriminate against any person on the grounds of sex, legalises same-sex marriages.

"This is meant to open the floodgates for American investors, some of whom are professed homosexuals and lesbians, to come to Kenya," he said.

His remarks came a day after reports of heated debate in the US Congress over abortion provisions in the proposed constitution.