African nation poised to adopt death penalty for gay sex
A controversial bill has passed the Ugandan parliament making ‘aggravated homosexuality’ a capital offense
© AFP / Isaac Kasamani
Uganda’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill making certain homosexual acts a capital crime. The measure has now been sent on to President Yoweri Museveni, who is expected to sign it despite vocal foreign opposition.
All but two of the country’s 389 MPs lent their support to the measure during a legislative session on Tuesday night. The bill imposes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” as well as life imprisonment for “recruitment, promotion and funding” of homosexual “activities.”
Fox Odoi-Oyelowo, one of the two legislators to oppose the measure, described it as “ill-conceived” with “unconstituti...










