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Kasese municipal council seeks bylaw to legalise homosexuality

Tayebwa said Councilors in Kasese attempted on Wednesday, 25 January 2023 to back a homosexuality bylaw in contravention of national laws.

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January 25, 2023
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KAMPALA-UGANDA/NEWSDAY: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has said he has received credible information that Kasese municipal council is seeking to enact a bylaw that will legalise homosexuality in the area.

Tayebwa said Councilors in Kasese attempted on Wednesday, 25 January 2023 to back a homosexuality bylaw in contravention of national laws.

Tayebwa has slammed the move as malicious and unacceptable.

“I received and confirmed news that Kasese Municipal Council made an attempt to pass a bylaw that reorganizes homosexuals and transgender people as minorities,” Tayebwa said.

“I want to make it very clear, there is no local governments that can pass a bylaw that contravenes national laws,” the deputy speaker warned.

He said that he had been briefed that illegal bylaw had been facilitated by a non-government organization identified as  Human Rights Promotions Awareness Forum (HRAPF). He also identified Bob Kyamanywa as the team leader of the malicious organization.

The Deputy Speaker directed the Ministry of Internal Affairs Minister to investigate the activities of Human Rights Promotions Awareness Forum that sponsored the Kasese District council sitting that attempted to pass the bylaws promoting same sex vices.

“I want to alert you that attempts are being made from all corners because the money from these groups seems to be a lot and also, this is not a simple fight. They are going to target us but we must stand firm,” the speaker said.

Bukonzo West Member of Parlimant in Kasese District  Atkins Katusabe said the purported pro-gay bylaw is not a representation of the Kasese community.

“Kasese is a highly religious community; Kasese upholds the value systems and I don’t want that to define the people of Kasese,” Katushabe said.

Moses Okot Junior, the Member of Parliament Kioga County wants the anti-gay bill re-introduced in Parliament. “We were informed that this law was nullified by the courts; why don’t we bring it back?” he wondered.

On Tuesday, Thomas Tayebwa expressed concern over the deterioration of morals in schools.

“I am getting painful stories; if you talk to doctors, you get to know how serious it is but our children are dying in silence,” Tayebwa said.

Tayebwa said the report should be given urgent priority, noting that many schools and recruitment centres have been penetrated by the vice.

“I hope it [report] can be quick so that we can debate it and get a solution. We need to see how best we can work with government to support it…whether we can put more funding to patrol all these entities,” Tayebwa added.


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