Ugandans at an anti-gay protest in Kampala held up “Barack Omaba Back Off” signs. Ssempa said: “They (the task force) have condemned the efforts of the American president, Barrack Obama, and Hilary Clinton, for using the pulpit of the White House to preach a gospel of sodomy.”
A member of The Family in the U.S. says that members of The Family in Uganda were against the anti-homosexuals bill even before it was introduced.
The Liberian Observer is reporting on the details of the Presiding Bishop’s upcoming trip to the country and Episcopal Diocese of Liberia and its bishop
“The CPA is on the brink of collapse due to the contentions over the referendum law, the demarcation of the 1 January 1956 borders, and violence recently perpetrated by other armed groups.”
The link http://www.mediacentre.go.ug/details.php?catId=1&item=718 is now empty (text of taken down) and it no longer shows on the front page http://www.mediacentre.go.ug/ under the category responses/clarifications where
Rev. Kapya Kaoma, PRA Project Director was on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss Uganda’s anti-homosexuality legislation and the U.S. Right’s involvement.
The “refinements” include the “promotion” of counseling. There is no mention of how short sentences would be for homosexuality, or whether sentences for failure to out homosexuals are still in the bill.
An independent paper in Uganda, The Daily Monitor, runs an op-ed that says the real purpose of the Anti-Homosexual Bill is divert the public’s attention from the real crimes public corruption and incompetence.
There has been increasing coverage of the proposed legislation in Uganda that would make “repeated homosexual acts” a capital crime. The Swedish government is considering
The Sudanese have issued a wide ranging statement primarily concerned with the looming collapse of the comprehensive peace agreement but also warning of famine and environmental disaster unless changes are made.