Uganda’s President Speaks Up on Anti-Gay Bill

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By Shamsydeen Badmus

Published: January 18, 2010

 Uganda’s President Speaks Up on Anti-Gay Bill

Shamsydeen Badmus

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has described an internationally condemned anti-homosexuality draft law as a sensitive foreign policy issue which requires further consultation. Museveni spoke about the topic for the first time yesterday at the ruling National Resistance Movement party’s executive conference at State House in Entebbe. He called for more dialogue with European and American critics, saying the country’s foreign policy interests need to be taken into account. Proponents of the bill had previously vowed to resist foreign criticism. The Ugandan parliament is currently reviewing the proposed law, which would impose the death penalty for some aggravated cases of homosexuality and also criminalise public discussion of the topic. Homosexuality is already illegal in the country.

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