The objective:
"The object of this Bill is to establish a comprehensive consolidated legislation to protect the traditional family by prohibiting (i) any form of sexual relations between persons of the same sex; and (ii) the promotion or recognition of such sexual relations in public institutions and other places through or with the support of any Government entity in Uganda or any non governmental organization inside or outside the country."
Gay people are a threat to straight people:
"This Bill aims at strengthening the nation’s capacity to deal with emerging internal and external threats to the traditional heterosexual family."
Being gay is a choice:
"This legislation further recognizes the fact that same sex attraction is not an innate and immutable characteristic."
Not the children!:
"There is also need to protect the children and youths of Uganda who are made vulnerable to sexual abuse and deviation as a result of cultural changes, uncensored information technologies, parentless child developmental settings and increasing attempts by homosexuals to raise children in homosexual relationships through adoption, foster care, or otherwise."
We don't need no stinkin' gays:
"This legislation comes to complement and supplement the provisions of the Constitution of Uganda and the Penal Code Act Cap 120 by not only criminalizing same sex marriages but also same-sex sexual acts and other related acts."
Thou speaketh and we won't listen:
"Prohibit ratification of any international treaties, conventions, protocols, agreements and declarations which are contrary or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act;"
The chickens and the fleas:
"Sexual act includes:
a) physical sexual activity that does not necessarily culminate in intercourse and may include the touching of another’s breast, vagina, penis or anus:
(b) stimulation or penetration of a vagina or mouth or anus or any part of the body of any person, however slight by a sexual organ;
(c) the unlawful use of any object or organ by a person on another person’s sexual organ or anus or mouth;"
Furthermore:
"touching” includes touching—
(a) with any part of the body;
(b) with anything else;
(c) through anything;"
Serious serial scandals:
"A person commits the offense of aggravated homosexuality where the
(a) person against whom the offence is committed is below the age of 18 years;
(b) offender is a person living with HIV;
(c) offender is a parent or guardian of the person against whom the offence is committed;
(d) offender is a person in authority over the person against whom the offence is committed;
(e) victim of the offence is a person with disability;
(f) offender is a serial offender, or
(g) offender applies, administers or causes to be used by any man or woman any drug, matter or thing with intent to stupefy overpower him or her so as to there by enable any person to have unlawful carnal connection with any person of the same sex"
Life imprisonment?:
" A person who commits an offence under this section [homosexuality] shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for life."
The hangman's noose:
" A person who commits the offence of aggravated homosexuality shall be liable on conviction to suffer death."
Don't even try it:
"A person who attempts to commit the offence of homosexuality commits a felony and is liable on conviction to imprisonment seven years. A person who attempts to commit the offence of aggravated homosexuality commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for life."
The victims (not the oppressed homosexuals, the ones that they prey on):
" A victim of homosexuality shall not be penalized for any crime commuted as a direct result of his or her involvement in homosexuality."
Pay up:
"Where a person is convicted of homosexuality or aggravated homosexuality under sections 2 and 3 of this Act, the court may, in addition to any sentence imposed on the offender, order that the victim of the offence be paid compensation by the offender for any physical, sexual or psychological harm caused to the victim by the offence."
Actions speak louder than words...:
"Any editor or publisher, reporter or columnist in case of printed materials. announcer or producer in case of television and radio, producer or director of a film to case of the movie industry. or any person utilizing trimedia facilities or information technology who publishes or causes the publicity of the names and personal circumstances or any other information tending to establish the victim’s identity without authority of court commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty currency points." #thisisnottrue
Speak no evil:
"A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures another to engage in acts of homosexuality commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for seven years."
Hear no evil:
"A person who conspires with another to induce another person of the same sex by any means of false pretence or other fraudulent means to permit any person of the same sex to have unlawful carnal knowledge of him or her commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for seven years."
Secret secrets are no fun:
"A person who detains another person with the intention to commit acts of homosexuality with him or herself or with any other person commits an offence and is liable on conviction for seven years."
Gay bars = criminal institution?:
"A person who keeps a house, room,set of rooms or place of any kind for the purposes of homosexuality commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for seven years."
Don't stand up for what is right:
"participates in production, procuring, marketing, broadcasting, disseminating, publishing pornographic materials for purposes of promoting homosexuality;
(b) funds or sponsors homosexuality or other related activities;
(c) offers premises and other related fixed or movable assets for purposes of homosexuality or promoting homosexuality;
(d) uses electronic devices which include internet, films, mobile phones for purposes of homosexuality or promoting homosexuality and;
(e) who acts as an accomplice or attempts to promote or in any way abets homosexuality and related practices;"
24 hours or less or show me the money!:
"A person in authority, who being aware of the commission of any offence under this Act, omits to report the offence to the relevant authorities within twenty-four hours of having first had that knowledge, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding three years." (by the way, two hundred and fifty currency points are equal to 5,000,000 Kenyan schillings which is equal to $60,000 US dollars.)
You can run but you can't hide:
"a person who, while being a citizen of or permanently residing in Uganda, commits an act outside Uganda, which act would constitute an offence under this Act had it been committed in Uganda; or
(b) the offence was committed partly outside and or partly in Uganda. A person charged with an offence under this Act shall be liable to extradition under the existing extradition laws."
And that is it. The Ugandan bill in all its catastrophic glory. It is, by far, one of the worst pieces of legislation that I have ever read.
Full text from
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/10/15/15609
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