Former South African President criticizes Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki criticized MP David Bahati’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Thursday in Kampala while speaking at an event at Makerere Institute for Social Research.

About the bill’s provisions, Mbeki said:

I mean what would you want? It doesn’t make sense at all. That is what I would say to the MP. What two consenting adults do is really not the matter of law.

Bahati’s responded later to a reporter:

However, Mr Bahati yesterday said the Bill was brought to curb a several issues including inducement, recruitment and funding homosexuality. “His excellency (Mr Mbeki) needs to read the Bill and understand the spirit in which it was brought and the context in which we are talking about,” Mr Bahati said.

Although the Ugandan ambassador to the US recently said the bill was not going to be considered, Bahati seems to believe otherwise.  As far as I can tell, the bill is still “gathering dust” in committee and could still be brought to the floor of Parliament.

6 thoughts on “Former South African President criticizes Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill”

  1. It is interesting how even Bahati often ‘plays down’ the Bill these days, carefully avoiding mention of the ‘slaughter bits’.

    But we all know the ‘slaughter bits’ are still there …

  2. I mean what would you want? It doesn’t make sense at all. That is what I would say to the MP. What two consenting adults do is really not the matter of law.

    What did you really expect from a South African President?

    Although the Ugandan ambassador to the US recently said the bill was not going to be considered…..

    Well the Ambassador is a distinguished and accomplished man in the field of academia and doing a good job of representing Uganda to the Obama White House, which in turn is doing a good job representing the Euro-American Gay Propagandist Lobby forcefully to the entire African Continent. Diplomacy on both sides (Ugandan and American) is a dirty game—-buttering up, being too extravagant or too economical with the truth comes with the territory.

    As far as I can tell, the bill is still “gathering dust” in committee and could still be brought to the floor of Parliament.

    Oh yes, the dust is real thick. I am quite scared that we may need face masks if we wish to clean out the dusts in the shelf. Never seen a bill so dusty !!

    Anyways, I wish you happy new year. 😀

  4. It is interesting how even Bahati often ‘plays down’ the Bill these days, carefully avoiding mention of the ‘slaughter bits’.

    But we all know the ‘slaughter bits’ are still there …

  5. I mean what would you want? It doesn’t make sense at all. That is what I would say to the MP. What two consenting adults do is really not the matter of law.

    What did you really expect from a South African President?

    Although the Ugandan ambassador to the US recently said the bill was not going to be considered…..

    Well the Ambassador is a distinguished and accomplished man in the field of academia and doing a good job of representing Uganda to the Obama White House, which in turn is doing a good job representing the Euro-American Gay Propagandist Lobby forcefully to the entire African Continent. Diplomacy on both sides (Ugandan and American) is a dirty game—-buttering up, being too extravagant or too economical with the truth comes with the territory.

    As far as I can tell, the bill is still “gathering dust” in committee and could still be brought to the floor of Parliament.

    Oh yes, the dust is real thick. I am quite scared that we may need face masks if we wish to clean out the dusts in the shelf. Never seen a bill so dusty !!

    Anyways, I wish you happy new year. 😀

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