Uganda president not keen on rushing anti-gay law

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A lawmaker with Uganda’s ruling party says President Yoweri Museveni is urging parliamentarians not to rush to reintroduce a controversial anti-gay law that was invalidated earlier this month.

Medard Bitekyerezo, who supports the legislation, said Tuesday that Museveni asked them “not to cause chaos” by quickly reintroducing the bill. He said Museveni formed a committee, to be chaired by the vice president, to look into the concerns of rights activists and report to him in a month.

The government-controlled New Vision newspaper reported Tuesday that Museveni warned lawmakers that the bill could hurt the country’s economic development. The U.S. and some European countries cut or redirected tens of millions of dollars in funding to Uganda’s government over the anti-gay measure.

It was invalidated by a Ugandan court over procedural flaws.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/08/12/uganda_president_not_keen_on_rushing_anti_gay_law/

[iandhr]

1. Concerned about a reduction in aid.

Hit the bigots in their wallets. They regard $$$$$ way more than their "deeply held religious beliefs"

[Bryce Butler]

2. ...

The government-controlled New Vision newspaper reported Tuesday that Museveni warned lawmakers that the bill could hurt the country’s economic development.

He was singing a different tune back in January.

[PFunk]

3. That was then this is now

he's looking the take a possible way out from it after seeing the effects from it.

[blkmusclmachine]

4. Museveni is waiting for the check to clear...