Uganda’s Museveni wants to water down anti-gay law: lawmaker

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A participant displays a sign while preparing for a parade to celebrate the annulment of an anti-homosexuality law by Uganda's Constitutional court in EntebbeBy Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wants to re-issue a divisive anti-gay law that was rejected by a court, but without tough penalties for consenting adults, a ruling party lawmaker said on Tuesday. The original version of the law passed in February punished gay sex with long prison terms and alarmed Western donors, some of whom withheld aid in protest. Uganda's constitutional court overturned it on a technicality this month. "We agreed to come up with a new version that doesn't hurt our Western friends but also protects Ugandans," lawmaker Medard Bitekyerezo said.

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