The committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has started conducting public hearings on the anti-homosexuality bill.

Stephen Langa

According to the committee chairperson, Stephen Tashobya the bill has generated a lot of interests from the public and the members of parliament and that’s why they have decided to give it time before the 8^th Parliament ends its term by 12^th May 2011.

Some people have however complained that the committee is trying to handle the bill too quickly so it is passed by the outgoing Parliament without due scrutiny.

But Tashobya says that the committee has been busy and that’s why they delayed in handling the bill till last minute. He says that the committee will conclude the public hearing on Monday and thereafter embark on report writing.

Meanwhile Steven Langa the executive Director of the Family Life Network who appeared before the committee urged parliament to have the anti-homosexuality bill passed immediately in order to protect children from being violated by what he called homosexual promoters.

Langa says that parliament should not listen to gays who say the new bill will abuse their human rights, because according to him, homosexuality has never been a human right.

By Isaac Senabulya