Kampala — FOR his crusade against homosexuality, the ethics and integrity minister, Nsaba Buturo, has received "hate e-mails" threatening and abusing him.

"Everyday I receive about 20 e-mails from homosexuals worldwide. They use foul language and this shows that they are not normal people. They need help," Buturo told journalists yesterday.

He said he has been listed on the internet as one of the people who hates homosexuals.

The minister criticised the media for unintentionally promoting the activities of gays in the name of freedom of speech.

"The Government does not plan to vilify and criminalise homosexuals. It will support measures to counsel and help them understand that their state is not normal or natural but a serious social and psychological aberration in human behaviour."

Ugandan laws prohibit acts of homosexuality.

Buturo also warned owners of lodges against promoting acts that "have no honour or value."