Bahati Bill will only benefit gay promoters and asylum seekers
Share Bookmark Print Rating By Wanume Kibedi  Posted  Tuesday,
May 11  2010 at  00:00  Hon. David Bahati’s Anti-homosexuality
Bill, which a cabinet committee was reported to have recently
rejected, has generated considerable controversy and debate both
within and outside Uganda. Much of the exchange has been rather
emotional, akin to a dialogue of the deaf, where neither party
listens to nor hears what the other is saying.  Looked at
rationally, both sides have legitimate concerns justifying their
stand. Ardent supporters of the Bill set out to uphold African
cultural values, which without doubt have been greatly eroded
not only by the colonial experience but more recently by the
onslaught of globalisation. Thus determined efforts have been
made to impose Western values and practices on the entire world
in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres,
regardless of local viewpoints and sensitivities.  Homosexual
practices, gambling in cas