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Mar 23, 2023, 4:10:13 PM3/23/23
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President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of 'trying to
impose their practices on other people'
Uganda is looking to outlaw homosexuality across the country as lawmakers
passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for those who have
same-sex relations.
A roll call was ordered by the House speaker before the packed
parliamentary chamber in the capital, Kampala, easily passed the bill late
Tuesday after. Nearly all of the 389 legislators present supported the
bill.
"Congratulations," said Speaker Anita Among. "Whatever we are doing, we
are doing it for the people of Uganda."
The bill now heads to the desk of President Yoweri Museveni, who has also
expressed support for it. In a recent speech, Museveni accused Western
countries of "trying to impose their practices on other people."
UGANDA PRESIDENT’S CONTROVERSIAL SON UNNERVES COUNTRY WITH TWEETS ABOUT
SUCCEEDING HIS FATHER
The legislation was first introduced last month by its sponsor, who said
his goal was to punish "promotion, recruitment, and funding" related to
LGBTQ activities.
The bill creates an offense of "attempted homosexuality," punishable by up
to 10 years jail time.
It also creates an offense called "aggravated homosexuality," which
applies to sexual relations among those infected with HIV, minors and
other categories. Its punishment is not immediately clear.
Same-sex activity is already punishable with life imprisonment under a law
targeting "carnal knowledge against the order of nature."
And homosexuality is illegal in more than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries.
The bill had its opposition.
Fox Odoi, a lawmaker who representing the dissenters, called it "ill-
conceived" and said it was unconstitutional because it "criminalizes
individuals instead of conduct."
Human Rights Watch described the legislation as "a more egregious version"
of a similar law that passed in 2014, which a court later nullified on
procedural grounds.
If signed into law, "would violate multiple fundamental rights, including
rights to freedom of expression and association, privacy, equality, and
non-discrimination," according to Human Rights Watch.
AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE KILLED BY EXTREMISTS LINKED TO IS GROUP IN EASTERN
CONGO
Oryem Nyeko, a Human Rights Watch researcher in Uganda and Tanzania, also
condemned the bill and urged the legislature to stop targeting the LGBT
community.
"One of the most extreme features of this new bill is that it criminalizes
people simply for being who they are as well as further infringing on the
rights to privacy, and freedoms of expression and association that are
already compromised in Uganda," the researcher said earlier this month.
"Ugandan politicians should focus on passing laws that protect vulnerable
minorities and affirm fundamental rights and stop targeting LGBT people
for political capital."
3 KENYAN LEGISLATORS, SEVERAL DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED AS ANTI-GOVERNMENT
PROTESTS CONTINUE
A recent decision of the Church of England to recognize and honor civil
marriages of same-sex couples also has inflamed many people in the
country.
"The Church of England has departed from the Anglican faith and are now
false teachers," Ugandan Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba said last month,
describing a rise in same-sex relations as "a crisis at hand."
Many in Uganda, like the president, see homosexuality as imported from the
West.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of 'trying to
impose their practices on other people'
Uganda is looking to outlaw homosexuality across the country as lawmakers
passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for those who have
same-sex relations.
A roll call was ordered by the House speaker before the packed
parliamentary chamber in the capital, Kampala, easily passed the bill late
Tuesday after. Nearly all of the 389 legislators present supported the
bill.
"Congratulations," said Speaker Anita Among. "Whatever we are doing, we
are doing it for the people of Uganda."
The bill now heads to the desk of President Yoweri Museveni, who has also
expressed support for it. In a recent speech, Museveni accused Western
countries of "trying to impose their practices on other people."
UGANDA PRESIDENT’S CONTROVERSIAL SON UNNERVES COUNTRY WITH TWEETS ABOUT
SUCCEEDING HIS FATHER
The legislation was first introduced last month by its sponsor, who said
his goal was to punish "promotion, recruitment, and funding" related to
LGBTQ activities.
The bill creates an offense of "attempted homosexuality," punishable by up
to 10 years jail time.
It also creates an offense called "aggravated homosexuality," which
applies to sexual relations among those infected with HIV, minors and
other categories. Its punishment is not immediately clear.
Same-sex activity is already punishable with life imprisonment under a law
targeting "carnal knowledge against the order of nature."
And homosexuality is illegal in more than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries.
The bill had its opposition.
Fox Odoi, a lawmaker who representing the dissenters, called it "ill-
conceived" and said it was unconstitutional because it "criminalizes
individuals instead of conduct."
Human Rights Watch described the legislation as "a more egregious version"
of a similar law that passed in 2014, which a court later nullified on
procedural grounds.
If signed into law, "would violate multiple fundamental rights, including
rights to freedom of expression and association, privacy, equality, and
non-discrimination," according to Human Rights Watch.
AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE KILLED BY EXTREMISTS LINKED TO IS GROUP IN EASTERN
CONGO
Oryem Nyeko, a Human Rights Watch researcher in Uganda and Tanzania, also
condemned the bill and urged the legislature to stop targeting the LGBT
community.
"One of the most extreme features of this new bill is that it criminalizes
people simply for being who they are as well as further infringing on the
rights to privacy, and freedoms of expression and association that are
already compromised in Uganda," the researcher said earlier this month.
"Ugandan politicians should focus on passing laws that protect vulnerable
minorities and affirm fundamental rights and stop targeting LGBT people
for political capital."
3 KENYAN LEGISLATORS, SEVERAL DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED AS ANTI-GOVERNMENT
PROTESTS CONTINUE
A recent decision of the Church of England to recognize and honor civil
marriages of same-sex couples also has inflamed many people in the
country.
"The Church of England has departed from the Anglican faith and are now
false teachers," Ugandan Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba said last month,
describing a rise in same-sex relations as "a crisis at hand."
Many in Uganda, like the president, see homosexuality as imported from the
West.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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