By Sande Tebandeke
Police in Uganda has intensified the quest for renown homosexual Moses Kasujja and others at large who are the run from the country.
Kasujja is one vivid case study of the many Ugandans who have fled the country after prosecution over human rights violation in relation to divergent sexuality.
Born on 20th January 1995, Kasujja hurriedly bolted Uganda in 2017 after life threats on himself and family following the choice for his sexuality.
By the time of his forced escape, Kasujja was in a relationship with Ibrahim Ssekyanzi.
The two (Kasujja and Ssekyanzi) were nabbed red handed in the act at Kantinti country club, Kayunga district on the evening of 3rd June 2017 at 6PM.
Ssekyanzi was reportedly killed during the scuffle to arrest the two as Kasujja (Moses) managed to escape.
Luckily, Kasujja escaped unscratched, and it was revealed months later that he managed to fly out of the country for save haven in Europe.
Several months later, it was discovered via social media (Facebook) that he settled in Sweden after his photos were published.
His bold escape out of the country to Sweden was abetted by the continued mistreatment of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons in Uganda.
To-date, he has remained on the wanted list by authorities in Uganda.
Among others on the run at large include Deotrina Bakundukize of Nsambya in Kampala (mother of five), 33-year-old Isaq Luzige (has two children), Patrick Mulyanti and other people.
Stained reputation:
Over the years, Uganda has gained reputation as one of the most unsafe countries for LGBTIQ persons and homosexuality.
Such acts have been long severely penalized in Uganda on account of colonial era laws.
The Uganda penal code Act Cap 120 under section 145, for instance, provides for unnatural offenses against the order of nature and the particular section targets LGBTIQ persons and does not provide for consensual sexual relationships between consenting adults together with the sexual offences law passed by Parliament.
These have been used by the Ugandan authorities to stigmatize and discriminate LGBTI persons.
LGBT persons in Uganda are on a daily basis subjected to insults, violent attacks, emotional abuse and evictions by society, family, friends, neighbors and sometimes employers since the living context is characterized by acute stigma and discrimination towards LGBT persons based on their sexual orientation and sometimes death.
The national parliament of Uganda was ready to pass harsh and stringent laws totally condemning same sex relationship with the maximum death sentence also appended.
A month ago, there was a young LGBT member brutally killed in Uganda in cold blood under unclear circumstances.
