Yoweri Museveni til bistandsyderne: Har I ikke andet at tænke på
Uganda’s president has rejected Western attempts to link international aid with progress on gay rights, saying building infrastructure was more important.
Yoweri Museveni said homosexuals need electricity, roads and trains too, according to BBC online Friday.
President Barack Obama has ordered US government agencies to put gay rights at the heart of foreign policy.
– Before anyone gives me a lecture about homosexuals and their rights, first talk about railways, Mr Museveni told delegates at a meeting in Kampala.
Homosexuality is illegal in many African countries, including Uganda, where homosexual acts are punishable with up to 14 years in prison.
A bill which includes the death penalty for some homosexual acts was introduced to the Ugandan parliament in 2009. Uganda came under intense international pressure to shelve the bill, which was not debated in the last session of parliament.
The controversial bill has been re-introduced in the new legislative session.
It would also criminalise anyone failing to report to the authorities a person they knew to be homosexual – and make it illegal for people to speak out in favour of gay rights, BBC notes.
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