Uganda has dropped – or shelved it’s proposed anti-gay bill. Parliament closed yesterday after failing to implement it. Although Parliament has been extended to run on Monday and Tuesday, only administrative business will be carried out. Many, however, believe that public pressure scuppered the Bill’s chances, especially the USA’s description of the Bill as ‘odious’.
Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda, but this Bill would have – among other things – criminalised people who knew of a gay/lesbian but failed to inform the authorities and introduced capital punishment for certain types of ‘crime’.