Uganda Under Pressure From U.S. Over Gay Bill
U.S. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland has urged Uganda not to pass an anti-homosexuality bill. An earlier version of the bill was tabled in 2009, but Parliament reintroduced it in February 2012.
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Legal Committee Endorses Anti Homosexuality Bill in Uganda
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- NTV Uganda
- Publisher:
- NTV Uganda
- Publication Date:
- 23 November 2012
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It is absolutely unacceptable to press Uganda not to pass that gay bill.For me it is violation of sovereign right of the country.I strongly support the stand of Uganda.By no means this act should be legalized in African soil.USA should lift their Evil hand from Uganda not to try on the rest countries.The Name of Lord Jesus is Above all.this is devil agenda.
" HERE GOES THE USA AGAIN INTERFERING IN DEMOCRACY; WHAT THE PEOPLE PAS IN THIER LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE RESPECTED AS THE DEATH PENALTY IN MOST AMERICAN SATES ARE STILL ACTIVE AND EVEN IN ALL THIS FANFARE THE USA DOES NOT HAVE A SODOMITE BILL THAT IS FEDERAL OTHER THAN DONT ASK DONT TEL'L. THE USA NEEDS TO ALLOW FREE PEOPEL TO THINK INDEPENDENTLY WE ARE NOT VASSELS OF THE USA NOR ARE AFRICANS SLAVES IN THE UNITED STAES. IF BLACK AMERICASN LIKE SODOMY THAT IS THIER CHOICE AFRICANS ON THE OTHER HAND REJECT IT ;YOU CAN NOT GO TO EVERY AFRICAN NATION AND SAY DONT PASS HOMOSEXUAL LAWS THAT JUST DOES NOT EVEN MAKE SENSE!!!. SOUITH AFRICA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE ONE BILLION PLUS CONTINENT THAT SUPPORTS HOMOSEXUALITY' . "THE PEOPLE OF UGANDA ARE HAPY WITH THE BILL THEY ASKED THIER ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO TABLE AND PASS A LAW ; HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSIBILITY OF AMERICA AND AFRICA???. PEOPLE ROUND THE GLOBE LOVE DEMOCRACY THEY KNOW WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT!! HEGEMONY JUST ODOES NOT WORK IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD "PASS ONLY LAWS THAT MAKES YOU FAVOURABLE TO THE WEST ????!!!' WE LIKE SODOMY, SO TELL THE PEOPLE THEY MUST LIKE IT TOO?? "IS THIS WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC WEST IS SAYING?? THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SENATORS WANT TO BE ELECTED NEXT YEAR SO THEY WANT TO DELIVER TO THE PEOPLE!!! THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL INETERFERE WITH THE LEGISLATURES IN ORDER TO APPEASE SODOMITES IN THE WEST!! IT JUST WONT GO WELL WITH THE PUBLIC" IT IS THE PEOPLE OF UGANDA WHOM ARE CALLING FOR THE BILL ; "NOT JUST SOME SENATORS WHAT THE WEST ALWAYS UDNERESTIMATES IN AFRICA IS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!!!!!! THEY STILL HAVE THIS STEROTYPED UNDERSTANDING OF WHO THE AFRICANS ARE AND WHATAN HOW THEY THINK !!! THEY HAVE THEM AS BEING SUBMISSIVE AND AND CAN BE PUSHED OVER EASILY FOR BRIBE MONEY. AS AFRICANS ARE CONTINUING TO SAY WE DO BETTER WITHOUT AID MONEY. WE NEED TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE EDUCATED AND DO FOR SELF. AID MONEY IS A HINDERNACE TO AFRICAN GROWTH AND INDEPENDNCE IT BREEDS CORRUPTION AT ALL LEVELS . THE MONEY NEVER PASSES ALONG AND IT CORRUPTS SO MUCH THAT NOTHING GETS DONE IN AFRICA; WITH AID ITS JUST LIKE AIDS WE MUST GET RID OF THIS', WE MEED A NO TOLERANCE TO AID)S!!!!!!! KEEP AID)S TO YOURSLEF GIVE US FREE WIZE INTELLECT' AND NO HOMOSEXUALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFRICA IS NOT LIKE TEN YEAS AGO, IT IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE GREED THAT IS CONSUMING WESTERN GOVERNMENTS AND ECONOMIES, AFRICA IS SO WELL INSULATED THAT IF THEY STOPPED BRIBE MONEY( AID) THEY WOUDLD BETTER SERVE THIER OWN ECONOMIES. THY NEED TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON THEMSELVES WE ARE LIVING IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE WHERE INFORMATION IS ACCESABLE TO ALL AFRICANS; THEY ARE PLUGGED IN THEY GET NEWS BELIEVE ME. IF KONY CAN GET RID OF HIS CELL PHONE WAY OUT IN THE BUSH BECAUSE HE CAN GET TRAPPED!!; THEN YOU KNOW AFRICA IS WELL EDUCATED". SO THAT FOOLISHNESS ABOUT AID IS NOT WHAT IS MOTIVATING THIER ELECTED OF THE LAND ITS THE PEOPLE WHOM, ARE VOTING THAT COUNTS!!! GOO HOME WITH THE OUT DATED COERCION THESE ARE BIG MAN AND AFRICA IS RESPONSIBLE TO THE ONE BILLION PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT THE WEST WANTS TO THINK. ITS NOT YOUR POWER THAT WILL KEEP ANY ONE IN POWER IT IS THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IN AFRICA TODAY!!!. THERE IS NO WAY THAT DICTATORS ARE STILL FASHIONABLE IN AFRICA NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perhaps they were wishfully thinking against Kadaga. But how many foreign bills have Ugandans had a hand in quashing before any outsider meddle in Uganda's homosexuality bill? US Embassy in Uganda, you have delivered justice. We shall reciprocate.