After months of refusing to sign the anti-gay bill which Uganda's lawmakers passed
in December 2013, (Read that here) President Yoweri Museveni, today succumbed to
pressure from within his country and signed the anti-gay bill into
law.
He signed the bill at his official residence at Entebbe, near the
capital Kampala, in front of govt officials, journalists and a
team of Ugandan scientists who found no genetic basis for homosexuality,
one of the reasons why he finally consented to signing the bill.
The
anti-gay law criminalizes all acts of homosexually in Uganda and
calls for first-time homosexual offenders to face a 14 years jail
penalty. Continuous Sexual engagement by two homosexuals which involves a
minor, disabled person or anyone with HIV AIDS attracts a life
sentence.