M7 To MPs: I Will Sign Anti-gay Bill Into Law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has told legislators of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party at their retreat in Kyankwanzi that he will sign the Anti-homosexuality bill into law.
This was revealed by government spokesman Ofwono Opondo on social media site Twitter, Friday evening.
“President Museveni has told NRM MPs he will assent the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law” Ofwono tweeted.
On December 30, the Ugandan Parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, allowing for greater punishments for gay people, and those who fail to report them to police.
The president’s promise to sign the bill comes after 14 medical experts presented a report that homosexuality is not genetic but a social behavior.
The report follows a request by President Yoweri Museveni for scientific proof on the cause of homosexuality before he assents to the Anti Homosexuality Bill that was passed by Parliament in December, 2013.
The NRM caucus has welcomed the development as a measure to protect Ugandans from social deviants.
Ugandan traditionalists, religious leaders and politicians have been urging president Museveni to sign the Bill.
