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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>President Museveni has signed the anti-gay bill into law following improvements adopted to make it tougher for people engaging in LGBQT.<\/p>\n

“President Museveni has executed his constitutional mandate as prescribed by Article 91 (3) (a) of the 1995 Constitution- and assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023,” parliament Speaker Anita Among confirmed on Monday.<\/p>\n

“We have stood strong to defend the culture, values and aspirations of our people as per objectives 19 & 24 of our national objectives and directive principles of state policy,” she added.<\/p>\n

Amidst threats for sanctions, Parliament modified the bill on May 2 after its initial March 21 draft sparked international condemnation for targeting people identifying as LGBQT.<\/p>\n

Consequently, Museveni\u2019s April 20 proposal for a review of the legislation aimed to improve the law to instead punish same-sex actors and its promoters amongst minors in the hardline socially conservative East African nation.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Among tweeted “encouraging duty bearers under the law to execute the mandate bestowed upon them in the Anti-Homosexuality Act.”<\/p>\n

“The people of Uganda have spoken, and it is your duty now to enforce the law in a fair, steadfast, and firm manner,” she added.<\/p>\n

Activists have previously vowed a court challenge to what is now the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, citing controversial provisions that include extreme punishments for offenders.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the law was nullified in 2014 even after the veteran Ugandan leader had assented to it.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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