ANTI - HOMOSEXUALITY
Had
it not been for Rt Hon. Amama Mbabazi to threaten the President’s candidature
for 2016, the signing into law of the anti-homosexuality Bill had given the
president the stead one needed for a landslide. There was a unanimous consensus
among Ugandans against homosexuality. Amama Mbabazi forced Kyankwanzi
Resolution which diverted attention temporarily from homosexuals.
It
is strange how the whole homophobia thing works so well in favor of President
Museveni who created the environment for it to fester. The President pounced on
homosexuals after realizing that the Speaker of Parliament, Hon Rebecca Kadaga
was becoming too popular with her stand against the same.
The
truth be said, the emergence of homosexuals in Ugandan society is not a new
thing. Like we say, laws and policies emerge to deal with social deviations
from mainstreams. There was already provision against homosexuality in colonial
era Penal Code Act section 145, which post independence Uganda inherited. This
implied that homosexuality existed, and especially in Buganda (Faupel,
1984.,p.9). According to Adrian Jjuko (2014) homosexuality was also
acknowledged among the Iteso (Lawrance, 1957), the Bahima (Mushanga, 1973), the
Banyoro (Needham 1973) and the Langi (Driberg 1923) but were suppressed.
The
sporadic emergence of homosexuals in Uganda in the last decade is attributable
to NRM’s liberal economic policies. The emphasis on foreign investment has given
rise to tolerance for foreign cultures and practices. Some of these liberal cultures
have permeated the social fabrics of our communities, thereby displacing indigenous
traditions and cultures especially around public display of sex and sexuality.
The
economy of Uganda now lies in the hands of foreigners; Indians, Europeans,
Americans, Chinese and so forth. They own malls, hotels, salons, spas and all
sorts of recreational activities. Instead of Uganda becoming an industrialized economy,
it has become a feminized services provider industry. Most of the merchandise
in Uganda are imported, albeit low quality goods from China, UK, USA and South
Africa. These goods influence the mind and mediate western cultures’ dominance
over ours.
The
liberal media fraternity has witnessed a surge of explicit Tabloids, soap
opera, reality shows, pornography and misogyny which have profound bearing on
our sex cultures. The real problem with Ugandans is that they always like to
copy western cultures; the way they talk, walk, wear, drive and have sex are
all primed against western practices.
When
it comes to sex and sexuality, now Ugandans sing Jamaican songs and want to
dance near-naked like Jamaicans. While Caribbean cultures are explicit in their
nudity and sexual expressions, most of them use drugs to achieve those when
inebriated. Also, most of them expose their bodies to earn a living; in music
videos, movies, brothels and so forth. So when Ugandan youths attempt to mimic some
of these cultures, they simply alter our cultures in ways that make them appear
paid to be gay!
What
then emerges as a surge in homosexuality is all about tolerance and acceptance
for it which enables some of these youths to discover their innate sexual
orientations. Contrary to people who argue that homosexuality is socialized or
superficial mannerism, I find that hard to believe. I have not found anyone who
is willing to become gay even for money. But here is a bigger challenge; while
we condemn homosexuals, we should examine the pattern of sex in Uganda today.
There
are men who use their tongue to pleasure the women and likewise, women who perform
blow jobs in the process of having sex. These practices are normalized and its
status uplifted as the new normal thing. Everyone almost approves of this; Ministers,
MPs, MPigs, musicians, pastors and just any man or woman you interact with on
the daily basis, eats the human sexual organ - the very organs which produces
them. Section 2(1)(a) of the anti-homosexual Act qualifies most of these
Ugandans who eat sexual organs as homosexuals.
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