Mr Andrew Mwenda, a veteran journalist and political analysts has reacted to the newly passed anti-gay bill that is still awaiting for the president’s signature and has vowed to petition the Constitutional Court to challenge the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Bill if the president agrees to sign on it.
While appearing on NTV-Uganda on Thursday, Mr Mwenda said that the bill is not only redundant but also ‘stupid’ in many ways saying that it is impossible for the state to regulate morality as the new bill seeks to do.
“If Museveni signs this Anti- Homosexuality law, I promise you, I Andrew Mwenda, I will go to the constitutional court to challenge it,” Mr Mwenda said.
“If I sit in the privacy of my bedroom with a fellow man who is also consenting, it means that the two of us will be consenting. Why do you want to criminalize that?” he justified.
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Mr Mwenda said the law would alienate Uganda from the western world, something that is likely to affect the economy of the country as tourists and investors would be shunning Uganda in favour of other countries.
He further questioned how the enforcement of the bill would be conducted saying that homosexuality practices are private ‘bedroom matters’ where police can hardly reach.
Since its passing, the bill has attracted backlash from several agencies including the White House, European Union, the United Nations and local human rights groups.
Related..Uganda’s new anti-homosexuality law bans identification as LGBTQ.https://micmedia.ug/ugandas-new-anti-homosexuality-law-bans-identification-as-lgbtq/
Since its passing, the bill has attracted backlash from several agencies including the White House, European Union, the United Nations and local human rights groups.
Equally, the Speaker of Parliament, Ms Anita Among, revealed yesterday that she was threatened against passing the bill which even prompted her to switch off her phones hours to the sitting.
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