By Francis Lubega
21st Aug 2023
A section of Members of Parliament has blasted the World Bank for being ignorant about the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023.
Speaking to journalists at parliament, the mover of the Act also Bugiri Municipality MP Asuma Basalirwa argued that the decision taken by the World Bank to suspend loans to Uganda was based on misinformation, biasness, and lack of knowledge on the anti-homosexuality act passed by parliament.
Some of the issues based on by the world bank are that the act promotes discrimination, denies health rights to some people especially the LGBTs, and is non-inclusive which Basalirwa demystifies saying all are lies.
Basalirwa challenges the World Bank and its legal team to restudy the act passed especially section 14 and the constitution of Uganda to get more enlightened on the accusation of discrimination as portrayed.
Bufumbira East MP James Nsababutulo says the World Bank is using Uganda as a yardstick to scare other African nations who are also condemning the LGBT acts.
Meanwhile, Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi has asked the World Bank to stick to its core values of supporting economic, and social developments and eradicating poverty rather than interfering in other countries’ social valves.
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