I-Uganda inezoyikiso ezibulalayo kuluntu lwe-LGBT kwakhona. Ngenxa yoko ukhenketho lunokujongana nefowuni entsha yokunqanda. Urhulumente we Uganda ubhengeze izicwangciso zokuphinda avelise kwakhona umthetho oyilwayo, obizwa ngokuba 'Bulala umthetho wezitabane'.
Xa ityala elinye yaqaliswa ngo-2013 iifowuni zokunqanda ukuhamba kunye nezokhenketho kweli lizwe laseMpuma Afrika. Ngo-Matshi 2014, kumsitho we-CNN kwi-ITB Trade Show eBerlin, i-CEO ye Iziko lezoKhenketho eUganda uStephen Asiimwe Wayephantsi komlilo emva kokuba i-eTN inike ingxelo ngomnxeba wokunqanda uhambo oluya eUganda.
URichard Quest we-CNN uxelele i-Assimwe Uganda ukuba lilizwe lokugqibela anokucinga ngalo ngokundwendwela njengendoda eyindoda.
Umnumzana Asiimwe uxubushe lo mbandela ngokungathandabuzekiyo nompapashi we-eTN uJuergen Steinmetz noRichard Quest eBerlin. "Iziphumo zale ngxoxo inyanisekileyo yayiyinkcazo esemthethweni yeBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseUganda yokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwabakhenkethi abangamafanasini ukuya eUganda kwaye yade yathabatha inyathelo elingaphezulu ekwamkeleni abahambi be-LGBTQ ukuba bonwabele ubuhle bendawo yabo yokhenketho," utshilo umpapashi we-eTN. .
Ngokuka Mnu. Asiimwe, akukho ndwendwela kweli elizakuxhatshazwa. “Samkela bonke abatyeleli kwaye siyamgxeka umkhenkethi ngenxa yesizathu sokuba abe li-gay. Imigaqo-nkqubo yenkcubeko ibalulekile e-Uganda. Sicela iindwendwe zibahloniphe. Babandakanya ukuchukumisa esidlangalaleni umzekelo, "uxelele i-eTN."
Kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva umthetho wase-Uganda uphinde uvule indlela yokuphunyezwa kwe ubufanasini abantu. Lo mthetho kulindeleke ukuba uphinde uqaliswe 'kwithuba leeveki', ngokutsho kwamagosa aseburhulumenteni. Kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo umthetho oyilwayo waphoswa ngaphandle yinkundla yomgaqo-siseko kubuchwephesha.
Okwangoku, abantu baseUganda bajongana nobomi entolongweni ukuba bathe bafunyanwa benetyala lokwabelana ngesondo nomnye umntu wesini esifanayo.
UMphathiswa weenqobo ezisesikweni kunye nokunyaniseka uSimon Lokodo uthe lo mthetho uyilwayo uphinda ubuyiswe ngenxa yezityholo zokuba kugaywe abantu abathandana nabantu abathandana namanye amadoda kunye nemithetho yangoku.
"Sifuna ukuba kucace gca ukuba nabani na obandakanyekayo ekunyuseni nasekuqeshweni kufuneka enziwe ulwaphulo-mthetho," utshilo. "Abo benza izinto ezimbi baya kunikwa isigwebo sentambo."
Umphathiswa uthe uqinisekile ukuba umlinganiso uzakufumana inkxaso yamalungu amabini epalamente ekufuneka epasile umthetho oyilwayo.
Amazwe aliqela anciphise inkxaso yawo yezemali kunye noncedo eUganda ngelaxesha umthetho weBill the gay waziswa ngowama-2014, kodwa uLokodo wathi ilizwe lilungele ukumelana nomthetho omtsha, esithi “asithandi umtyhola. ”
Namhlanje umgqatswa kamongameli wase-US owayesakuba ngu-Sekela Mongameli u-Joe Biden uxelele ababukeli be-CNN ukuba wonyulwa njengo-Mongameli, uya kuvula icandelo lesebe lase-US ukuba bohlwaye amazwe ngokwaphula amalungelo e-LGBT naphina emhlabeni.
Ngo-Matshi, i-Brunei yazisa ngesilungiso kwikhowudi yayo yamaSilamsi yohlwayo eyayiquka ukuxulutywa kwabantu abathandanayo besifa kodwa bayimisa le ndlela ilandelayo emva kwesikhalo samazwe aphesheya.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “The result of this very frank discussion was the official statement by the Uganda Tourism Board to guarantee the safety of gay tourists to Uganda and went even a step further in welcoming LGBTQ travelers to enjoy the beauty of their tourism destination,” said the eTN publisher.
- In March 2014, at a CNN event at the ITB Trade Show in Berlin, the CEO of the Uganda Tourism Bureau Stephen Asiimwe was under fire after eTN reported on a call to boycott travel to Uganda.
- Several countries cut their financial support and aid to Uganda when the ‘Kill the gays' bill was first brought forward in 2014, but Lokodo said the country is prepared to stand up to a fresh backlash over the legislation, adding “we don't like blackmail.
