Kampala, 03 May, 2023 / 9:31 pm (ACI Africa).
The Campaigns Director for CitizenGo in Africa has expressed concern about the death penalty in Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed on Tuesday, May 4.
This bill proposes that people who engage in homosexual activities risk life imprisonment, and in certain cases, the death penalty. It has been criticized by the international community and mainstream media.
The bill was first passed by the lawmakers on March 21 and returned to Parliament on President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s recommendation to distinguish between engaging in homosexual acts and being homosexual.
Ann Kioko from CitizenGo told ACI Africa that capital punishment in the proposed law is demeaning to human dignity.
“Capital punishment is extreme. It is not a solution,” Ms. Kioko said during the Wednesday, May 3 interview, and added that while homosexuality is considered a crime in Uganda, “every person has human dignity and only God can decide when to end life.”
