Girls and boys are protected by law in Uganda

Some defenders of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda say that the bill is needed to cover instances of same-sex defilement. However, as this news report demonstrates, police are able to arrest those who commit crimes against boys or girls.

Kampala

A primary school teacher in Luweero District has been arrested over allegations of sodomy.

The teacher, names withheld for legal reasons, is accused of having sexual relations with three male pupils from one school. According to a Police report, three sodomy cases implicating the teacher were reported in February.

The suspect recorded a statement and got released on Police bond. He later jumped bond and hid at Buvuma Islands, Lake Victoria until Wednesday when Police got hold of him again.

Central Region Police spokesman, Lameck Kigozi, said the suspect was arrested at Katosi Landing Site in Buikwe District. He had just alighted from a ferry. “He is detained at Luweero Police Station and we have preferred charges of unnatural offences. His file has been taken to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice,” Mr Kigozi said on Thursday.

Recently police arrested another teacher for sodomising two girls. The latest police crime statistics show that over 120 people are sodomised annually. This means in every three days a person is sodomised in the country.

Tragic as they are, both men and women commit the crimes and the law is sufficient to address the perpetrators.

6 thoughts on “Girls and boys are protected by law in Uganda”

  1. They need to learn to penalize sex with minors and non-consensual sex between adults, and let consenting adults do all the “unnatural” things they prefer to do in the privacy of their bedrooms.

    I agree. Isn’t that what most countries do? It seems to me that would be a simpler and more rational way to do things. You don’t have to mention gender or sexual orientation to get the job done.

  2. They need to learn to penalize sex with minors and non-consensual sex between adults, and let consenting adults do all the “unnatural” things they prefer to do in the privacy of their bedrooms.

    I agree. Isn’t that what most countries do? It seems to me that would be a simpler and more rational way to do things. You don’t have to mention gender or sexual orientation to get the job done.

  3. they draw no distinction between consensual and non-consensual acts… they regard consensual “sodomy” as a crime, regardless of age (and gender… the main point of this article)

    that should have read:

    they regard both consensual and non-consensual “sodomy” as crimes, regardless of age (and gender… the main point of this article)

  4. couldn’t help but notice that the crime as discussed in the article was “sodomy”… not rape, not statutory rape, pedophilia or “defilement”… the author’s concern was “sodomy”. the term sounds rather outdated… biblical… colonial at the very least.

    The latest police crime statistics show that over 120 people are sodomised annually. This means in every three days a person is sodomised in the country.

    they draw no distinction between consensual and non-consensual acts… they regard consensual “sodomy” as a crime, regardless of age (and gender… the main point of this article)

    charges stated as “unnatural offenses” couldn’t be more vague… the term does not reflect the injustices of rape (including statutory rape).

    uganda really needs to re-articulate its laws. they need to learn to penalize sex with minors and non-consensual sex between adults, and let consenting adults do all the “unnatural” things they prefer to do in the privacy of their bedrooms.

  5. they draw no distinction between consensual and non-consensual acts… they regard consensual “sodomy” as a crime, regardless of age (and gender… the main point of this article)

    that should have read:

    they regard both consensual and non-consensual “sodomy” as crimes, regardless of age (and gender… the main point of this article)

  6. couldn’t help but notice that the crime as discussed in the article was “sodomy”… not rape, not statutory rape, pedophilia or “defilement”… the author’s concern was “sodomy”. the term sounds rather outdated… biblical… colonial at the very least.

    The latest police crime statistics show that over 120 people are sodomised annually. This means in every three days a person is sodomised in the country.

    they draw no distinction between consensual and non-consensual acts… they regard consensual “sodomy” as a crime, regardless of age (and gender… the main point of this article)

    charges stated as “unnatural offenses” couldn’t be more vague… the term does not reflect the injustices of rape (including statutory rape).

    uganda really needs to re-articulate its laws. they need to learn to penalize sex with minors and non-consensual sex between adults, and let consenting adults do all the “unnatural” things they prefer to do in the privacy of their bedrooms.

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