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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The government is going to investigate the authenticity of a by-law that was allegedly passed by the Kasese District Council to promote the rights of minority groups, including those engaged in homosexuality.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Attorney General, Mr Jackson Kafuuzi, while addressing the media yesterday, said the government was not aware of the contentious by-law.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how that by-law got to the council of Kasese District. No one implements a by-law unless it has gone through the Justice ministry. All by-laws and Ordinances have to come to the Ministry of Justice where the First Parliamentary Council scrutinises them before they are approved by the ministry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to investigate it. If we have approved it by mistake, just like they say errors are to humans, we shall review it but if the district had passed it on their own, they will have to go back to the drawing board,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Thomas Tayebwa, last week slammed officials from the Rwenzori area saying the \u201cmalicious by-laws\u201d they were attempting to enact to reorganise homosexuals and transgender people as minority groups, contravenes the national laws.<\/p>\n

Background<\/b><\/p>\n

In a September 16, 2022 statutory instrument, the municipal council moved to pass by-laws to provide for enforcement of the human rights and freedoms of the marginalised population as well as increasing access to HIV\/TB services in Kasese Municipality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make it very clear, there is no local government that can pass a by-law that contravenes national laws,\u201d Mr Tayebwa said.<\/p>\n

Kasese District officials have since feigned ignorance.<\/p>\n

Mr Elias Byamugisha, the Kasese Chief Administrative Officer, said he doubted such a by-law was in the offing.<\/p>\n

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