The minister for ethics and integrity Rev Fr. Simon Lokodo has reiterated government stance against homosexuality and its promotion in the country, and stressed his ministry’s commitment to the continue fighting the practice. Speaking in the wake of growing condemnation of Thursday’s disbandment of a gathering of LGBT members assembled at Venom Pub, Kabalagala, Fr. Lokodo said that under no circumstances will the government condone promotion of LGBT practices and lifestyle. About a dozen people, majorly the event organizers were briefly detained by police, who claimed that the gathering was not authorized by police and was therefore unlawful. The raid was sternly criticized internationally with the United States government through its Kampala Embassy warning that this was an addition to Uganda police’s continuous undermining of the rights of Ugandans. According to Fr. Lokodo, African values and cultures consider sexual activity to be private and personal, and it is not conducted in public and that neither is homosexuality.

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