Ugandan government minister Nsaba Buturo supports Hang Them campaign

The world is noticing Uganda again, this time due to the outing campaign conducted with deadly intent by the tabloid, Rolling Stone. This CNN report quotes EthicsĀ and Integrity Minister Nsaba Buturo on the subject:

Uganda’s ethics and integrity minister Nsaba Buturo dismissed the activists’ accusations.

“They [the activists] are always lying,” Buturo said. “It’s their way of mobilizing support from outside, they are trying to get sympathy from outside. It’s part of the campaign.”

Buturo said the anti-gay measure will be addressed and passed “in due course.”

“Of course I hope it passes,” he said.

Buturo is referring to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill and provides another evidence that the bill has not been withdrawn and at least in the minds of the supporters is very much alive.

According to a comment on editor Giles Muhame’s Facebook page, he believes the standoff between the government and the paper is soon to end:

The deliberations between Rolling Stone, Uganda’s leading investigative newspaper and the Media council are now ‘apetising’. The standoff is soon coming to an end.

According to the CNN piece, the government is not pursuing the paper due to the outing campaign, but because all of the necessary paperwork needed to operate a paper has not been completed.

After the list was published, the federal Media Council sent a warning to Muhame and ordered the newspaper to cease operating.

But the warning was “not related to the list at all,” said Paul Mukasa, secretary of the Media Council. Rather, he said, the letter warned the paper that it was publishing without required permits.

“Until they fill in the required paperwork, they are breaking the law,” Mukasa said.

The secretary said the newspaper has initiated the process “to put their house in order.”

4 thoughts on “Ugandan government minister Nsaba Buturo supports Hang Them campaign”

  1. My heart breaks in continuing to read and listen to the horrible stories of how gay men and women are treated in Uganda. Today, I listened to a very hate-filled interview on BBC with the editor of the Rolling Stone. It is such a tragedy to hear how humans are treated because of how they were born and with whom they find love.

    My thoughts and prayers are with each and every gay man and woman in Uganda as well as the people who are working to support them. I live in the U.S. in Washington D.C..I wish the gay men and woman of Uganda could find a happier and safer life in places like Washington and the US. While not perfect, we as homosexuals are so much more welcomed as valuable members of society. I hope that for your people. I wish I could help in any way possible. If there is anything that I can offer as help from the US and Washington, D.C., I would be honored to help the gay men and women in Uganda.

    With my prayers and support for fellow homosexuals….

    Jeff

  2. My heart breaks in continuing to read and listen to the horrible stories of how gay men and women are treated in Uganda. Today, I listened to a very hate-filled interview on BBC with the editor of the Rolling Stone. It is such a tragedy to hear how humans are treated because of how they were born and with whom they find love.

    My thoughts and prayers are with each and every gay man and woman in Uganda as well as the people who are working to support them. I live in the U.S. in Washington D.C..I wish the gay men and woman of Uganda could find a happier and safer life in places like Washington and the US. While not perfect, we as homosexuals are so much more welcomed as valuable members of society. I hope that for your people. I wish I could help in any way possible. If there is anything that I can offer as help from the US and Washington, D.C., I would be honored to help the gay men and women in Uganda.

    With my prayers and support for fellow homosexuals….

    Jeff

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