President Museveni also commended the Church of Uganda for standing strong against the homosexuality vice which is being supported by the Church of England.
“I want to congratulate believers for rejecting homosexuality. This problem of homosexuality is not something you should normalize and celebrate. I told Europeans that there were a few homosexuals before they came here,” said Museveni.
The President made the revelation this Thursday during the commemoration of St. Janani Luwum Day at Mucwini Primary School playground in Kitgum District.
The development comes amid a heated debate over what MPs say is the spread of acts of homosexuality especially in boarding secondary schools.
“I have heard stories, but this was a deviation from normal. But now the Europeans don’t listen to other people’s views, they want to turn the abnormal into normal and force it on others,” said Museveni.
“But it is good that you took a stand and you said that Canterbury if you want homosexuality go, but here we say God is Mighty and we are not going to follow people who are lost,” the president emphasized.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa recently said he had been receiving ‘painful’ stories about how students were being forced into homosexuality and lesbianism.
“I am getting painful stories about homosexuality and many people are dying in silence. It seems our schools have been infiltrated and recruitment centers are open. It’s extremely sad. Our children have been grabbed and sodomised,” said Tayebwa.
He revealed that he had talked to one student from one of the prominent schools, who admitted that the students could no longer move in the compound at night in fear of being grabbed and sodomised.
In 2013, the Ugandan Parliament passed a law criminalising homosexuality. President Museveni signed the bill into law despite intense international pressure to veto it.
However, on 1 August 2014, Uganda’s Constitutional Court declared the Anti-homosexuality Act illegal, saying it was passed by Members of Parliament (MPs) without the requisite quorum.
The court’s decision came after western countries, especially the European Union and the United States threatened to impose sanctions on Uganda and also block Ugandan goods from accessing their markets.
Archbishop speaks out
During today’s commemoration ceremony, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Samuel Kaziimba requested President Museveni to join hands with the Church of Uganda to ensure that homosexuality is lawfully dealt with.
“We appeal that the Anti-Homosexuality bill is signed again. Janani Luwum was bold, we want you to be bold like him and fight all the vices attacking our nation,” he said.
Kaziimba recently disclosed that he was set to meet with scores of other “Bible-believing Archbishops” in the Rwanda Capital, Kigali to decide on whether or not to cut ties with the Church of England.
This came after the Church of England through its governing body, the General Synod, passed a resolution to allow clergy to preside at Blessings of Same-sex Unions.
The synod also approved supplemental prayers and liturgies for such occasions.
The Church of Uganda fears this “suicidal” move is a significant departure not just from the Biblical scripture, but also from the Church’s core doctrine of marriage.
