Uganda: Rainbow on constructing erased after homosexuality controversy

The authorities in Uganda have introduced that they’ve erased a rainbow painted on a constructing in a kids’s park after an outcry from mother and father who mentioned the “satanic” drawing promoted homosexuality within the Christian-dominated nation.

An area organisation had painted one of many towers within the Entebbe metropolis park in rainbow colors as a part of the beautification of the realm, Mayor Fabrice Brad Rulinda mentioned in an announcement Wednesday.

“For years, kids in Uganda have solely seen the rainbow as a fantastic arc of colors and one which biblically displays the wonder and majesty of God,” he mentioned, regretting that “some actions have determined to make use of the rainbow to signify sure acts that go towards the norms of the Ugandan individuals.

“We should combat towards all vices that may corrupt the minds of our kids and it’s on this context that the considerations raised by the general public have been addressed and the rainbow paint has been faraway from the youngsters’s park,” he mentioned.

Emmanuel Mugabe, a member of the Nationwide Mother and father Affiliation, informed AFP the rainbow colors on the tower had been “satanic” and signalled “an invasion of homosexuality via the manipulation of the minds of youngsters”.

“We’re delighted that the rainbow has been eliminated earlier than we do it ourselves,” he added.

The case follows an outcry in southwestern Uganda the place native authorities in Kasese are attempting to go laws recognising homosexual, lesbian and transgender rights.

In a speech to parliament on Wednesday, the Minister of State for Native Authorities suggested the authorities “to desert the proposed laws because it contradicts Ugandan legal guidelines and the social and cultural well-being of the individuals of Kasese and Uganda basically”.

Final month, the Ugandan authorities arrange a committee to analyze the alleged “promotion” of homosexual, lesbian and transgender rights in colleges.

Uganda has strict anti-homosexuality laws however there have been no prosecutions for consensual gay acts in recent times.

In 2014, a Ugandan court docket struck down a invoice handed by MPs and signed by President Yoweri Museveni that sought to impose life imprisonment for same-sex relationships.