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Once again, President Museveni has reiterated his stance against homosexuality, reinforcing his position, where he has stated on several occasions that whereas Uganda does not persecute homosexuals, it does not promote the practice either.
On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, while at State House Entebbe during the Judiciary swearing-in ceremony, Museveni said: “We have been advising our Western partners not to provoke the big majority by flaunting homosexuality, as if it is something that is appreciated.”
Last year, in November 2019, during a meeting at State House Entebbe, President Museveni told the European Union (EU) delegation that “the different groups promoting homosexuality are the ones creating undue conflict between themselves and society through unnecessary provocation. It is not good to impose on others your way of life and those groups need to understand that.”
Other prominent Ugandan leaders who have spoken out publicly against homosexuality are Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, State Minister of Finance for Planning, David Bahati, as well as Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stanley Ntagali, who has particularly condemned same-sex marriage.
Homosexuality remains illegal in Uganda since it is ‘Carnal knowledge against the order of nature,’ (sodomy) in the Penal Code, and men having sex with men could end up facing the stiff penalty of life imprisonment.
Unfortunately, those who have been sodomized, with or without their consent, suffer several health complications and are at risk of sexually transmitted diseases.
In conclusion, those who are pushing for this law to be done away with need to be reminded that homosexuality is an abomination in God’s eyes, for Leviticus 18:22 says, ‘You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.’
