Human rights activists have welcomed the move by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to return a draft of the anti-homosexuality bill to parliament for review, saying it provides them with more time to fight it. Last Thursday, Museveni, in a meeting with legislators of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, congratulated them upon passing the bill in March. But Museveni said that while he agrees with the bill, legislators need to make changes to not frighten someone who, in his words, needs rehabilitation and wants to come out.

The bill was widely condemned for what human rights activists have called some of the world's harshest punishments against the gay community.

The bill mandates life in prison for anyone who engages in homosexual acts, up to 20 years for promoting homosexuality, and a three-year sentence for children convicted of homosexuality. Certain acts of gay sex could warrant the death penalty.

Lulu Gaboo spoke to Joan Ameka Eoju Kahuna, founder and director of the Rella Foundation, a group that provides shelter to queer women on Africa Update.

Human rights activists have welcomed the move by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to return a draft of the anti-homosexuality bill to parliament for review, saying it provides them with more time to fight it. Last Thursday, Museveni, in a meeting with legislators of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, congratulated them upon passing the bill in March. But Museveni said that while he agrees with the bill, legislators need to make changes to not frighten someone who, in his words, needs rehabilitation and wants to come out.
The bill was widely condemned for what human rights activists have called some of the world's harshest punishments against the gay community.
The bill mandates life in prison for anyone who engages in homosexual acts, up to 20 years for promoting homosexuality, and a three-year sentence for children convicted of homosexuality. Certain acts of gay sex could warrant the death penalty.
Lulu Gaboo spoke to Joan Ameka Eoju Kahuna, founder and director of the Rella Foundation, a group that provides shelter to queer women on Africa Update.

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