{"id":11658,"date":"2019-10-15T00:38:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T21:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=11658"},"modified":"2019-10-15T00:38:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T21:38:56","slug":"minister-lokodo-to-re-table-the-anti-homosexuality-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/15\/minister-lokodo-to-re-table-the-anti-homosexuality-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Lokodo to Re table The Anti Homosexuality Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Minister\nof Ethics and Integrity, Fr Simon Lokodo is preparing to re table the anti-homosexuality\nbill that was quashed by constitutional court in 2014 on a technicality that it\nwas passed without quorum in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHomosexuality\nis not natural to Ugandans, but there has been a massive recruitment by gay\npeople in schools, and especially among the youth, where they are promoting the\nfalsehood that people are born like that,\u201d Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon\nLokodo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\nadded that; \u201cOur current penal law is limited. It only criminalises the act. We\nwant it made clear that anyone who is even involved in promotion and\nrecruitment has to be criminalised. Those that do grave acts will be given the\ndeath sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nhas now been revealed that Minister Lokodo has been lobbying MPs to support his\nbill that will criminalize gay acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\nhave been talking to the MPs and we have mobilised them in big numbers,\u201d said\nLokodo adding that; \u201cMany are supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nis worth noting that lawmakers passed a bill in 2014, then okayed to by\npresident Museveni and it was later quashed by constitutional court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Fr Simon Lokodo is preparing to re table the anti-homosexuality bill that was quashed by constitutional court in 2014 on a technicality that it was passed without quorum in parliament. \u201cHomosexuality is not natural to Ugandans, but there has been a massive recruitment by gay people in schools, and especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":11659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-11658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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