Not satisfied with hunting and blackmailing and arresting its gays, Uganda now wants to kill them:
Aggravated homosexuality will be punished by death, according to a new bill tabled in Parliament yesterday.
The private member’s bill was tabled by Ndorwa West MP David Bahati (NRM).
A person commits aggravated homosexuality when the victim is a person with disability or below the age of 18, or when the offender is HIV-positive.
The bill thus equates aggravated homosexuality to aggravated defilement among people of different sexes, which also carries the death sentence.
The Bill, entitled the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, also states that anyone who commits the offence of homosexuality will be liable to life imprisonment.
The bill also proposes stiff sentences for people promoting homosexuality.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
AkaWilliam,
You’re amazing, I haven’t seen the bigger websites jump on this story at all! I couldn’t believe it when I read your post, but I looked it up and this bill is rediculous, it’s repulsive, and it’s vile. I’ve tweeted the big sites to get their acts together and start reporting on this so that the community at large can be made aware of this. Bravo for being the only one so far that I’ve seen to report on this.
Citizenzero.us