The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni There’s some relief as President Yoweri Museveni refuses to sign a repressive new bill that would further criminalise same-sex relations in Uganda. On Tuesday, local media and activist groups reported that the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among told MPs that she’d been informed by Museveni that he’d rejected the Sexual Offenses Bill.
It’s understood that the president justified not signing the bill because it included offences that are already part of the country’s penal code. “I now direct the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee to scrutinise the matters raised by the president then report back to parliament,” said Among.
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