Uganda's Cabinet Wants the AntiGay Bill Withdrawn!
Let's hope these are the news we have been waiting for. Could it be that David Bahati's hand has finally been forced to drop his controversial bill? Uganda's 8th Parliament has about one month of life left before its session ends and the 9th Parliament begins its mandate. In the past, David Bahati has stated that he is determined to see these laws passes to "protect Ugandan children from being recruited into the homosexual lifestyle. The Monitor's Sheila Naturinda reported the following: Wednesday, April 13 2011 at 00:00 A Cabinet sub-committee formed to study the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2010 and report back to Cabinet, yesterday added a spin into the Bill and called for its withdrawal. In a closed-door meeting with Mr David Bahati, the mover of the Bill, the sub-committee said some of the penalties proposed in the Bill could be catered for by the Penal Code Act and the yet-to-come Sexual Offences Bill. Sources, who attended the meeting, said the sub-comm...