Uganda anti-homosexuality bill sets death penalty as punishment

The United States has threatened to cut aid to Uganda after its MPs passed a bill imposing the death penalty for homosexual acts, as President Museveni crusades against “deviants”.

All but two of Uganda’s 389 MPs voted in favour of the bill on Tuesday, which went further than almost any other country in the world in banning homosexuality, introducing capital and life imprisonment sentences for “aggravated homosexuality” and “recruitment, promotion and funding” of same-sex “activities”.

The law, which Amnesty International noted was “ambiguous” and “vaguely worded”, must be signed off by Museveni who last week railed against “deviants” in the country. He has, however, hinted that he is reluctant to approve the measures for fear of losing western aid. Uganda received $2.5 billion in foreign