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More critically, the law is as stupid as it is going to be redundant. It is stupid because it is passed on the basis of protecting Ugandan morals. But you cannot legislate morality and enforce it using state diktat. Morality would be best left to families and religious institutions. Besides homosexuality is not the only “immoral” problem Uganda is facing.
A suspected ‘protester’ has smashed the glass of a door at the Uganda House based in New York in the United States after Uganda’s Parliament passed the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
The Minister of Information, Communications, Technology and National Guidance, Dr Chris Baryomunsi has attributed the delay to create the Uganda Communications Tribunal to the recent Cabinet decision on rationalisation of agencies.
ANTONY BLINKEN SPEAKS! A day after Uganda’s Parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, US Joe Biden’s government has warned President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and his government against enforcing the new law.
Parliament has unanimously passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023 that will see anyone engaging in acts of homosexuality facing 20 years in jail.
The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga, has challenged the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, Zhang Lizhong to prevail over Chinese investors not to degrade Uganda’s environment but work towards its protection and preservation.
The Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) has quizzed Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipal Council officials over alleged mismanagement of the payroll which affected timely payment of new employees’ salaries.
The Committee on National Economy has directed the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) to provide details of the loans it has disbursed and their tangible benefits to the country’s economy.
MANAMA – The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has made a passionate appeal for the international community to promote peaceful co-existence but without meddling in the internal affairs of the sovereign states.