Pastor Male Attacks MPs For "Ignorantly" Passing Anti-Gay Bill
Kampala pastor, Moses Solomon Male, renowned for his solid stand in the Robert Kayanja sodomy case, has called upon President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the anti-gay bill, clarifying that Members of Parliament only passed it in their greatest "ignorance".
By 07/01/2014 18:40:00
Pastor Solomon Male
“The anti-gay bill aims at protecting homosexuals. There are enough existing laws that offer tougher penalties, this bill muzzles the media and makes it had to criminalise gays,” male was quoted saying today, Tuesday.
In an exclusive interview at the Kampala High Court this morning, Male told Chimpreports that there is no need for a new law, adding that legislators should critically analyse the existing laws that have in several cases been used against such criminals.
Male observed that “due to the ignorance of the Members of Parliament, the homosexuals have created an avenue to have a law for themselves which is more calm to them than the amended panel code act of 2007 which was signed by President Museveni”.
"Under sodomy, the maximum sentence is life in jail and under defilement, the maximum sentence is death and if it is protecting the children, which is a better law?" he wondered.
The amendment provides that "Any person who performs a sexual act with another person who is below the age of eighteen years in any of the circumstances specified in subsection (4) commits a felony called aggravated defilement and is, on conviction by the High Court, liable to suffer death".
He further revealed that “sexual act means penetration of the vagina, mouth or anus, however slight, of any person by a sexual organ; the unlawful use of any object or organ by a person on another person’s sexual organ; “sexual organ” means a vagina or a penis."
All this caters for homosexuality and there is no need for a new law.
Male said the law proposers claim that there is no law against promotion but section 148 of the penal code clearly states that any person whether in private or public commits an act of gross indecency with another person or procures another person to commit any act of gross indecency with him or herself or attempts to procure the commission of any such act by any person with him or herself or with any person, commits an offense and is liable to imprisonment of seven years.
Male has blamed the legislators for continually misleading Ugandans that the country has got no laws yet they have failed to interpret the existing laws.
"Uganda's problems are the systems not the lack of laws and if they claim there is no law, then under which law was Chris Mubiru arrested and prosecuted likewise to Bernard Randall and Albert Cheptoyet?"
He noted that this is just misleading Ugandans that there is no law by the legislators yet the penal code provides for everything.
Male revealed that he is afraid that if the passed bill is signed by the president, it is bound to be challenged because it contravenes with the provisions of the constitution.
"If MPs are to come up with any new law, they should go ahead and deny the homosexuals their right to privacy and without that the MPs are deceiving that any law that they pass is going to be able to deal with the two consenting adults," Male advised.
"Where two adults have consented to indulge in homosexuality, in the privacy of their bed room, there is no way you can get them because Article 28 of the constitution on fundamental human rights guarantees every person a right to the privacy of their bed room and if you dare get in there, then you bleach the constitution and you are liable to imprisonment.”
Male further said that one cannot encroach on one's right to privacy without seeking a high court order setting aside one's right to privacy and by the time this is done, the criminals would have escaped.
Male pointed out that the new bill is making it even harder to criminalise homosexuals by muzzling the media and demanding that counsellors should report any case of homosexuality within 24 hours before counselling the victim of the act and if not to be convicted for five years in jail.
Male commenced that no other law on the penal code requires the exclusion of the media like the new bill which under section 6 provides that in some cases the media shall be closed out more so during the hearing in case of a minor.
The bill also demands that if any reporter or journalist reports on any reports which reveal the particulars of the victim, then the journalist's sentence is about Shs 5m fine and this is a clear communication that the report will keep shut because a few can afford to raise such an amount.
Pastor Male makes U-turn on anti-gay bill
By Emmanuel Mulondo & Mercy Nalugo
Posted Wednesday, December 25 2013 at 02:00
Posted Wednesday, December 25 2013 at 02:00
Kampala
Just days after Parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, a cleric and leading critic of gay practices has said the President “should not sign the Bill into law.”
“It is unfortunate that our MPs seem not to be serious with what to do with their time. They gave Ugandans the impression that there was no law to deal with homosexuality which was not true.
“It is unfortunate that our MPs seem not to be serious with what to do with their time. They gave Ugandans the impression that there was no law to deal with homosexuality which was not true.
Secondly the Bill they passed waters down the existing law and will simply give homosexuals opportunity to petition the constitutional court to strike it and other legal provisions out,” Pastor Solomon Male of the Arise for Christ Ministry told the Daily Monitor yesterday.
“His excellency shouldn’t bother assenting to it. They (MPs) have failed to deliver and instead opted for populism to cover up their failures,” the cleric asserted. Religious leaders from across the denominations have extolled the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and the House for passing the Bill.
Meanwhile, two MPs have asked President Museveni not to assent to the Bill. MP Sam Otada (Kibanda County), and Fox Odoi (West Budaama) say it is irrelevant.
The legislators during a press conference held at Parliament on Monday defended homosexuals and lesbians saying they should be left to practice the acts envisaged as immoral since they are also human beings . The MPs argued that homosexuality is a social problem that can only be solved by parents and the church and not the law.
The House passed the bill on Friday in a session Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi challenged as having lacked quorum.
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Pastor Male Attacks MPs For "Ignorantly" Passing Anti-Gay Bill
Kampala pastor, Moses Solomon Male, renowned for his solid stand in the Robert Kayanja sodomy case, has called upon President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the anti-gay bill, clarifying that Members of Parliament only passed it in their greatest "ignorance".
By 07/01/2014 18:40:00
“The anti-gay bill aims at protecting homosexuals. There are enough existing laws that offer tougher penalties, this bill muzzles the media and makes it had to criminalise gays,” male was quoted saying today, Tuesday.
In an exclusive interview at the Kampala High Court this morning, Male told Chimpreports that there is no need for a new law, adding that legislators should critically analyse the existing laws that have in several cases been used against such criminals.
Male observed that “due to the ignorance of the Members of Parliament, the homosexuals have created an avenue to have a law for themselves which is more calm to them than the amended panel code act of 2007 which was signed by President Museveni”.
"Under sodomy, the maximum sentence is life in jail and under defilement, the maximum sentence is death and if it is protecting the children, which is a better law?" he wondered.
The amendment provides that "Any person who performs a sexual act with another person who is below the age of eighteen years in any of the circumstances specified in subsection (4) commits a felony called aggravated defilement and is, on conviction by the High Court, liable to suffer death".
He further revealed that “sexual act means penetration of the vagina, mouth or anus, however slight, of any person by a sexual organ; the unlawful use of any object or organ by a person on another person’s sexual organ; “sexual organ” means a vagina or a penis."
All this caters for homosexuality and there is no need for a new law.
Male said the law proposers claim that there is no law against promotion but section 148 of the penal code clearly states that any person whether in private or public commits an act of gross indecency with another person or procures another person to commit any act of gross indecency with him or herself or attempts to procure the commission of any such act by any person with him or herself or with any person, commits an offense and is liable to imprisonment of seven years.
Male has blamed the legislators for continually misleading Ugandans that the country has got no laws yet they have failed to interpret the existing laws.
"Uganda's problems are the systems not the lack of laws and if they claim there is no law, then under which law was Chris Mubiru arrested and prosecuted likewise to Bernard Randall and Albert Cheptoyet?"
He noted that this is just misleading Ugandans that there is no law by the legislators yet the penal code provides for everything.
Male revealed that he is afraid that if the passed bill is signed by the president, it is bound to be challenged because it contravenes with the provisions of the constitution.
"If MPs are to come up with any new law, they should go ahead and deny the homosexuals their right to privacy and without that the MPs are deceiving that any law that they pass is going to be able to deal with the two consenting adults," Male advised.
"Where two adults have consented to indulge in homosexuality, in the privacy of their bed room, there is no way you can get them because Article 28 of the constitution on fundamental human rights guarantees every person a right to the privacy of their bed room and if you dare get in there, then you bleach the constitution and you are liable to imprisonment.”
Male further said that one cannot encroach on one's right to privacy without seeking a high court order setting aside one's right to privacy and by the time this is done, the criminals would have escaped.
Male pointed out that the new bill is making it even harder to criminalise homosexuals by muzzling the media and demanding that counsellors should report any case of homosexuality within 24 hours before counselling the victim of the act and if not to be convicted for five years in jail.
Male commenced that no other law on the penal code requires the exclusion of the media like the new bill which under section 6 provides that in some cases the media shall be closed out more so during the hearing in case of a minor.
The bill also demands that if any reporter or journalist reports on any reports which reveal the particulars of the victim, then the journalist's sentence is about Shs 5m fine and this is a clear communication that the report will keep shut because a few can afford to raise such an amount.