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Written by Joyce Namutebi (The New Vision)
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A stringent Bill against homosexuality is in the offing, the state minister for ethics and integrity, Dr. James Nsaba Buturo, has said.
Addressing a press conference at the Media Centre yesterday, Buturo said the country was besieged by homosexuality, pornography, prostitution, human sacrifice, drug abuse, embezzlement and witchcraft to the extent that it was “dangerously becoming a permissive society.”
He noted that once the Bill is passed into law, it will be an offence to publish and distribute literature on homosexuality or advocate for it.
He also stated that it would become impossible for homosexuals to address press conferences and attract people to their cause, once the Bill becomes law.
He, however, declined to reveal the penalties for offenders.
Buturo said he was under pressure from some development partners “to go slow on homosexuals”.
He disclosed that some donors were threatening to withdraw funding if Uganda becomes more hostile to homosexuals.
“I all the time tell them to leave us alone. I say (to them) that Uganda’s integrity is more than the money they give us. We are not going to be taken advantage of on account of financial support,” Buturo stated.
After all, he remarked, 70% of the aid that Uganda gets is repatriated.
The minister dismissed the notion that people are born homosexual.
“Ugandans who are choosing to promote illegality should not abuse the rights of the majority,” he warned.
Buturo urged religious institutions to fight immorality, arguing that they are “supremely mandated to address matters of the soul.”
He disclosed that he was looking after 60 former homosexuals, saying they are under threat from their former colleagues. He, however, did not name the place where they are being kept.
The minister stressed that the Government would not create special places for prostitutes to do their trade. |
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Written by JWG
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The 070707 Campaign to end hate are appalled that the case of the nine men accused of murdering Zoliswa Nkonyana has once again been postponed this time until 28 September to 2 October 2009. Nkonyana was just 19 when she was brutally murdered in February 2006 during a homophobic attack on her and a friend as they walked home one evening. While the accused were arrested shortly after the event the case has barely moved forward since that time, there have been a total of 20 postponements of which 15 have been due to problems with defence counsel for the accused. (download the full press release from the link below) Zoliswa Nkonyana murder trial press release - 01 July 2009 |
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Written by Lesego Tlhwale (BTM Intern)
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 28 June 2009: The gay community is lamenting the death of Girly “S’gelane” Nkosi, a Kwa-Thema lesbian who was stabbed by two unknown men on Friday 19 June 2009.
According to a close friend Nkosi, 37, passed away on Monday morning at Pholosong Hospital due to internal bleeding near her spine.
The LGBTI community has compared the impact of Nkosi's death to untimely departures of many gays and lesbians who met their deaths through the hands of homophobic perpetrators.
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Written by Irin Africa
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22 June 2009: More than 25 percent of South African men have raped; of those, nearly half said they had raped more than one person, says a new report by the Medical Research Council (MRC).
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