Comments on: Uganda Parliamentary Committee Chair: Anti-Homosexuality Bill May Not Come Up For A Vote

By: MJC

MJC — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:56:58 +0000

A Ugandan acquaintance tells me conditions on the ground for gay people are still very bad and will continue to be in the near future, the cynicism over introducing the bill to keep the populace in fear of an enemy for the purposes of the election notwithstanding.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:36:22 +0000

oh im sure that the idiot that came up with it in the first place will have a backup bill just to keep it alive in people’s heads and probably say that the gov is being taken over if they don’t listen to him.

By: leonardo ricardo

leonardo ricardo — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:04:52 +0000

Amazing ¨real lifelike¨ thought. A gang of goons, if not the head goon, while enthusiastically endorsing David Bahati´s reelection campaign threatened the opposition candidate and his family–my imagination goes directly to: with freshly opened crates filled with bludgeoning hammers, slashing machetes and rat poison paid for by Christian Evangelicas in the U.S.A. The ¨missionary¨ work of some is never done.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:46:43 +0000

I suppose it served its purpose and can now be retired.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:54:41 +0000

My understanding is that a new bill could be introduced in the new Parliament. However, it may be that there really isn’t the appetite for further outrages of this kind, at least for now – the next set of elections are far in the future, and the Ugandan authorities have much more pressing concerns, such as the large budget deficit (which could be reduced if donor countries are ‘kept sweet’) and the turmoil in N. Africa (again, keeping ‘the west’ on side may help M7 weather any potential storms in UG).
HOWEVER the still-secret Anti-Pornography and Public Order bills could contain specifically (and discriminatory) anti-gay aspects. This is an area that may need to be watched carefully.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:31:01 +0000

So, if the kill the gays bill dies in this parlimentary session can’t they just bring it up again in the next?