The Speaker of parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga having blasted the President of the Inter Parliamentary union Gabriella Barroza for allegedly smuggling in a homosexuality motion on the order paper without the consent of both Asian and African representatives at the 138th Inter Parliamentary Union summit held Geneva is still causing ripples among its champions.
The tough talking Kadaga at the summit said that efforts by European countries to legalize the practice of homosexuality will lead Uganda and other countries opposed to the vice withdraw from the Inter- Parliamentary Union
The motion on homosexuality exposed the sharp divisions between members from Africa and Asia on one side and their European counterparts.
Kadaga who led Uganda’s delegation criticized Barroza for not consulting Africa and Asia on the homosexuality motion.
“This is not fair. We cannot allow it,”she said threatening that Africa and Asia would withdraw from the union.
She reminded them that this same issue left the Anglican Church divided.
This was the second time that a motion on legalizing homosexuality at an IPU summit has been put on the agenda. It was first put on the agenda a couple of years ago at a union summit that was held in Canada and was dropped at it was vehemently opposed.
Among some of the people who sympathize with the minorities group and are affiliated to the Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) include; Tamale Pius, Ali kakembo and one Emily Nagawa.
Emily 24 , is one of the new firebrands of the rights move moment and at one time lived in Makindye, Kampala and later in central Juba Southern Sudan where she was last reportedly seen.
The group insists that with such a stand in Uganda, minority groups like theirs lives in fear.
It should be noted that in February 2014 president Museveni signed a controversial law allowing those convicted of homosexuality to be imprisoned for life, defying international disapproval from western donor nations.
