The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Steven Kaziimba Mugalu has implored President Yoweri Museveni to assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill to fight the new form of immortality in the country.
Recently, Parliament passed the Anti-gay Bill that was moved by Bugiri Municipality MP, Asuman Basalirwa. The Bill has severe punishments for those convicted of engaging or promoting the vice, including 20-year imprisonment.
While delivering his Easter message to Ugandans at his residence at Namirembe yesterday morning, Dr. Kaziimba said homosexuality is a sin before God and a God-fearing country like Uganda should fight it by all means.
He noted that it is possible for Jesus Christ to redeem the nation out of the vice during this time of his resurrection without fear of Western influence.
He lauded the 11th Parliament for passing the bill, urging the president to sign it soon in order to preserve the country’s norms and culture.
Meanwhile, Kaziimba Mugalu has asked ministers implicated in the Karamoja iron sheets saga to return what he says was meant for the poor.
Archbishop Kaziimba urged Ugandans to denounce corruption tendencies, which, he said, have greatly affected service delivery in the country.
Last month, a multi-agency team on the orders of President Museveni started criminal investigations into circumstances under which ministers and other officials acquired iron sheets meant for beneficiaries in Karamoja.
Yesterday, Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu was charged and remanded to Luzira prison for allegedly diverting the iron sheets.
In his Easter message, Archbishop Kaziimba urged Christians to use the Easter celebrations to defeat what he described as the demon of corruption.
At the same event, former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, who is the chairperson of the Love Gift Committee, that is soliciting funds to clear an outstanding debt for the Church House, said they have been able to pay the debt from Shs60b to the current Shs16b.
Mbabazi said he is optimistic that by October, the balance will have been cleared.
