Ziphi iinkokeli zanamhlanje kuhambo lwehlabathi kunye neshishini lokhenketho ekuzameni ukunqanda intlekele yabantu kunye nezoqoqosho kushishino lwase-Uganda lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho? Ibonakala kuphela World Tourism Network ebethetha ngoku.
The UNkomishinala oMkhulu weeLungelo loLuntu ucele umongameli waseUganda uYoweri Museveni ukuba angawutyikityi umthetho oyilwayo opasiswe yipalamente yaseUganda namhlanje.
I-UN Volker Türk ibize uMthetho oSayilwayo ochasene nobufanasini ka-2023 “njengombhodamo,” esithi iya kuba neziphumo ezibi kuluntu kwaye yaphule umgaqo-siseko wesizwe.
I-United States yongeze ingqumbo yezizwe ngezizwe malunga nomthetho oyilwayo owiswe ngabenzi bomthetho base-Uganda owenza ulwaphulo-mthetho ukuchonga nje ukuba yi-LGBTQ+, emisela isigwebo sobomi bonke kwabagwetywe ubufanasini, kunye nesigwebo sentambo “kubufanasini obugqithisileyo.
Ukuba isayinwe njengomthetho nguMongameli, iyakwenza ukuba abantu abathandana nabasetyhini, abathandanayo nabasetyhini e-Uganda babe ngabaphuli-mthetho ngenxa nje yokuba babe ngabanjalo. Inokubonelela nge-carte blanche ngokunyhashwa okucwangcisiweyo phantse kwawo onke amalungelo abo oluntu kwaye isebenze ukuvuselela abantu ngokuchasene nomnye.
Ipalamente yase-Uganda isandula kupasisa inguqulelo engatshintshwanga yolunye lwawona mthetho ungqongqo we-LGBTQ + wehlabathi emva kokuba uMongameli Yoweri Museveni ecele ukuba izibonelelo ezithile kumthetho wokuqala zithotywe.
Inguqulelo yokuqala yalo mthetho oyilwayo wapasiswa ngoMatshi, xa umongameli wacela utshintsho oluthile.
UMongameli uMuseveni ubuyisele umthetho oyilwayo epalamente kwinyanga ephelileyo, ecela abenzi bomthetho ukuba bawususe umsebenzi wokunika ingxelo kwaye bazise ummiselo wokuququzelela “ukuvuselelwa” kwabantu abathandanayo. Akukho malungiselelo anjalo afakiweyo kumthetho oyilwayo olungisiweyo.
Umlinganiselo owawunyanzelisa abantu ukuba baxele izenzo zobufanasini walungiswa kuphela ukuze kunikwe ingxelo xa umntwana ebandakanyeka. Ukungaphumeleli ukwenza oko kuxhomekeke kwiminyaka emihlanu entolongweni okanye isohlwayo se-10 lezigidi zeeshili zaseUganda.
Umntu (okanye ihotele) “othi esazi avumele ukuba indawo yakhe isetyenziselwe izenzo zobufanasini” ujongene neminyaka esixhenxe entolongweni kweli Lizwe laseMpuma Afrika.
Umthetho oyilwayo olungisiweyo uquka nesigwebo sentambo kwizenzo ezithile zesini esifanayo kunye nesigwebo seminyaka engama-20 "yokukhuthaza" ubufanasini, oko kuya kubandakanya nakuphi na ukukhuthaza amalungelo abantu abathandana nabasetyhini, abathandana nabathandana nabo, abathandana nabasetyhini, abaguquleli besini kunye nabemi base-Uganda.
Elinye lawona maziko anobukroti eUganda li Inkonzo yeMetropolitan Community eKampala.
Icawa ithi: “Elona xabiso lethu lokuziphatha nokuchasa ukukhethelwa bucala yeyona nto iphambili kubulungiseleli bethu.
Sifuna ukuqhubeka siyimijelo yokholo apho wonk’ ubani equkwa kwintsapho kaThixo nalapho zonke iinxalenye zobomi bethu zamkelwa esithebeni sikaThixo.
Inkonzo yeMetropolian Community eKampala
Okuhlekisayo kukuba iicawe zogcino zinokuba ngasemva kwezimvo ezichasene noluntu lweLGBTQ eUganda.
Inqaku lePolisi yezaNgaphandle enesihloko esithi: Indlela Abavangeli Base-US Bakunceda Ngayo Ukuthiywa Kwamafanasini Yande eAfrika cacisa.
Uluvo oluchasene ne-gay lwalukho ngaphambili kwilizwekazi, kodwa amaqela enkolo amhlophe aseMelika ayandisile.
Ngo-2018, uVal Kalende, umlweli wamalungelo e-LGBTQ + owathi waya kukhenketho oluxhaswe liSebe lase-US ngo-2010 ngenxa yobutshantliziyo bakhe, waqhubeka. I-TV ngexesha lenkonzo yecawa ukulahla ubufanasini. U-Kalende, ngo-2022 wabhala i-op-ed enesihloko esithi "Ayitshintshiyo: Uhambo lomKrestu othandana namanye amabhinqa kubomi 'babesakuba yi-gay'," apho waxolisa kuluntu lwase-Uganda lwe-LGBTQ+ ngokuyeka kwakhe.
Iicawe zeVangeli kunye nemali yaseNtshona iye yabandakanyeka eUganda ekuveliseni nasekugcineni isikhokelo esasisakuba ngamafanasini ngeendlela ezifihlakeleyo nezingokomfuziselo. Abashumayeli bevangeli baye batyhutyha lonke elaseAfrika, bethetha ngolu lwimi luyingozi.
Masithi umthetho udlula ipalamente yase-Uganda okwesibini kwaye usayinwe njengomthetho nguMongameli, uya kunika abantu abathandana nabasetyhini, abathandana nabasetyhini kunye nabasetyhini base-Uganda abaphuli-mthetho nje ngokuba bakhona, ngokuba bangoobani.
"Inokubonelela nge-carte blanche ngokunyhashwa okucwangcisiweyo phantse kwawo onke amalungelo abo oluntu kwaye isebenze ukukhuthaza abantu ngokuchasene omnye nomnye," itsho ingxelo ye-CNN.
A ingxelo entsha epapashwe yi-Institute for Journalism and Social Change, inyathelo elitsha elisekwe ziintatheli zamazwe ngamazwe kunye namatshantliziyo, libonise ukuba izigidi zeerandi ziye zanikezelwa kumaqela afana ne-Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), iqela lezenkolo elinempembelelo enkulu. iye yanyanzelisa imithetho echasene nobufanasini kangangeminyaka elishumi.
KuTwitter, amanye amazwi avumelana kakhulu nalo mthetho, ebeka ukuzingca kweAfrika njengesizathu sokuwuxhasa.
Ndicinga ukuba i-Afrika kufuneka ivunyelwe ukuba yenze imithetho yayo kwaye idemoni into efuna ukuyidemoni.
I-Uganda isenza sibe Makhulu kuwo onke amazwe aseAfrika.
Iqela lezazinzulu ezikhokelayo kunye nezifundiswa ezivela e-Afrika nakwihlabathi jikelele libongoze uMongameli uMuseveni ukuba awuvotele lo mthetho uyilwayo, esithi "ubufanasini yinto eqhelekileyo neyendalo yokwahluka kwabantu ngokwesini."
UMuseveni uneentsuku ezingama-30 zokutyikitya lo mthetho ube ngumthetho, awubuyisele epalamente ukuze uhlaziywe, okanye awuvotele kwaye axelele isithethi sasepalamente.
Lo mthetho, nangona kunjalo, uzakuphumelela ube ngumthetho ngaphandle kwemvume kamongameli ukuba uwubuyisele epalamente okwesibini.
UAnita Phakathi, usomlomo wepalamente yaseUganda, wathi: “Namhlanje, ipalamente iphinde yangena kwiincwadi zembali yaseUganda, iAfrika nehlabathi, kuba iye yaphakamisa umbandela wobufanasini, umbuzo wokuziphatha, ikamva labantwana bethu. , nokukhusela iintsapho.”
Ucele amalungu ePalamente ukuba “ahlale eqinile” kwizibophelelo zawo, esongeza ukuba “akukho sigrogriso esinokuthi sirhoxe kule nto siyenzileyo. Masime siqine.
Imibutho ekhokelayo kumazwe ngamazwe kunye nokhenketho, njenge WTTC kwaye UNWTO, kudala baqonda ukubaluleka kokulingana ukubandakanya uluntu lwe-LGBTQ.
“Uhambo nokhenketho lunxulunyaniswa noxolo, ukulingana, nonxibelelwano lwabantu. Ukwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho ukuba yi-gay, i-lesbian, okanye i-transgender, nokwenza kube lulwaphulo-mthetho ukuthetha nje oku kuphosakele kukubeka abahambi abatyelela ilizwe elinjalo engozini ngaphandle kokuba undwendwe luyayazi le meko, "utsho uJuergen Steinmetz, uSihlalo we i World Tourism Network.
"Abakhenkethi kunye neenqwelomoya kufuneka bathembise ukuba baya kulumkisa abahambi ukuya eUganda nje ukuba lo mthetho uchasene ne-LGBTQ usayinwe."
IBhunga leHlabathi loKhenketho noKhenketho (WTTC) uye wachaza iminyaka ukuba ukuhamba kuyindlela yokuphila kubantu abaninzi kweli hlabathi, nokuba yintoni na isini. Kwanawona maxesha anzima, iyaqhubeka iyinto ephambili kuluntu kwihlabathi liphela.
UDavid Scowsill, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO, iNtetho yeBhunga leHlabathi lokuHamba kunye noKhenketho kwiNkomfa yeHlabathi ye-IGLTA ngo-2013
Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, ukhenketho lwe-LGBT lufumene ukukhula okuqhubekayo, luqatshelwa ngokubanzi njengecandelo elibalulekileyo nelithembisayo lokhenketho kwihlabathi jikelele. Eli candelo linokuba sisixhobo esinamandla sophuhliso loqoqosho, ukubandakanywa koluntu kunye nokhuphiswano lweendawo zokhenketho.
Ngaphambili UNWTO Unobhala-Jikelele uTaleb Rifai ngo-2017
World Tourism Network ilumkisa iindwendwe eziya eUganda.
Kuphela World Tourism Network ebethetha ngokungafihlisiyo ebongoza abakhenkethi kunye neenkampani zeenqwelomoya ezisebenzela eUganda ukuba zilumkise abathengi babo malunga nomthetho omtsha wakuba utyikityiwe.
WTN's usihlalo Juergen Steinmetz, okwangumpapashi we eTurboNews, akavumanga ukupapashwa kwamanqaku eentengiso nentengiso malunga neUganda okwangoku.
Ukuba lo mthetho usayinwe, abahambi abaya e-Uganda, kungakhathaliseki ukuba bakhetha ntoni ngokwesondo, kufuneka baqaphele ingozi yokuxoxa ngemiba ye-LGBTQ e-Uganda okanye i-LGBTQ ngokupheleleyo ukutyelela e-Uganda.
UJurgen Steinmetz, uSihlalo World Tourism Network kwi 2023
Umbhali wase-Uganda kunye ne-feminist u-Rosebell Kagumire walumkisa kwi- weposi ukuba umthetho unokwalela abantu baseUganda izindlu, imfundo, kunye “namanye amalungelo asisiseko” kwaye anokusetyenziswa “ziintshaba zakho, kwaye urhulumente uqukiwe … ngokuchasene nabani na”.
UFlavia Mwangovya, usekela mlawuli wengingqi yeAmnesty International, uthe: “Umongameli waseUganda kufuneka awuvale lo mthetho ngoko nangoko kwaye athathe amanyathelo okukhusela amalungelo abantu bonke, nokuba bathini na ngokwesini okanye isini. I-Amnesty International ikwahlaba ikhwelo kuluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe ukuba lucinezele urhulumente wase-Uganda ngokungxamisekileyo ukuba akhusele amalungelo abantu be-LGBTI kweli lizwe.
