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Uganda: Heavy rain kills 17 children, one adult

Heavy rains have hit eastern Uganda destroying homes and crops, and leaving 17 children and one adult dead, the Red Cross says.

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Uganda president backtracks on anti-gay law

Uganda President Museveni says he still wants to persecute gays, but not if the African country loses money through lack of foreign trade because of it

04 October 2014 | By Liam Johnson

The president of Uganda is having second thoughts about anti-gay laws, not because he has changed his mind on homosexuality, but because he fears for the Ugandan economy.

President Yoweri Museveni still wants to presecute gays, but doesn’t want Uganda to pay the price if foreign traders refuse to do business with the African country.

His comments were made yesterday (Friday 3 Ocotber) and were reported in the New Vision newspaper.

Museveni said he still wants to enforce harsh punishments on gays in Uganda, but not if foreign traders desert him.

‘I supported the idea of punishing harshly those who lure minors into homosexuality,’ he said.

‘We should also punish harshly those who engage in homosexual prostitution.

‘Our scientists argued that all homosexuality was by nurture not nature. On the basis of that, I agreed to sign the bill, although some people still contest that understanding.

‘It is about us deciding what is best for our country in the realm of foreign trade, which is such an important stimulus for growth and transformation that it has no equal.

‘It is now an issue of a snake in a clay cooking pot. We want to kill the snake, but we do not want to break the pot. We want to protect our children from homosexuality, but we do not want to kill our trade opportunities.

‘That now forces us to disassemble this whole issue.’

On August this year, the anti-gay law which was in place in Uganda was struck down by the constitutional court.

The law outlined any person who was caught engaging in a sex act with a person of the same gender could face life imprisonment. It also had strict punishments in place for anyone who helped people hide their sexuality, or keep it a secret.

The horrific homophobic nature of the law meant there were several negative reactions towards Uganda and its’ government.

Earlier this month, Museveni found his trip to the state of Texas, US disrupted by gay rights activists who informed local hotels of his anti-gay views, which then refused to give him a room.

A member of Ugandan Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, was dropped from a business forum in London for her homophobic views.

Also, USAID stripped all of its’ funding from Uganda, the equivalent of $34.5 million.

Museveni’s comments yesterday come at a time when Ugandan MPs are trying to present the bill for a second time, reports the Jamaica Observer.

Homosexuality is still illegal in Uganda under a 1950s penal code.

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Pepe Julian Onziema Ugandan Queer Activist w John Oliver. Great interview and good research on the show.

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Eugene Mirman to Uganda, 'Go F*ck Yourselves'

Eugene Mirman to Uganda, ‘Go F*ck Yourselves’

Eugene Mirman has always been an advocate for the regular folks in his own special way, whether it be taking on Time Warner Cable. Or, in yesterday’s case attempting to get one country to tell another country that it’s f*cking up.

Yesterday, a Arizona Uganda tabloid posted names of hundreds of peoplewhose “crime” was being “homosexual.” A day after the government passed strong anti-homosexual…

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The gay Ugandan church seeks to spread an alternative gospel of love and acceptance for all. On this particular Sunday, it is the memorial of David Kato, a gay rights activist who was murdered in 2011. So the numbers are bigger than usual. When the church was started by Bishop Christopher Senyonjo (who has since been thrown out of the Anglican Church for ministering to gay people), the gay community in Uganda attended devotedly. But with arrests and growing anti-gay sentiments, threats to their lives and arrests, fewer and fewer people come to the church.

Inside the tiny church where members of Uganda's beleaguered gay community have found sanctuary | World news | The Observer

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Previously unreleased photos from my Uganda film trip!