The Ugandan president asked parliamentarians to "reconsider" a controversial anti-LGBT+ law in a letter read out Wednesday in parliament, urging them to keep the criminalization of same-sex sexual relations but not of "being homosexual. The head of state, who himself regularly describes homosexuality as "deviance", asked the elected representatives to "make a distinction between being homosexual and engaging in homosexual acts". Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda and so-called "unnatural" relationships have been punishable by life imprisonment since a law dating back to British colonization. Last week, government lawyers and ruling party parliamentarians asked the president to reconsider the law. Since the law was passed, the UN, Amnesty International, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the EU have urged President Museveni not to enact the law.

Source: Ethiopian News April 27, 2023 11:57 UTC