Taking a visibly more liberal stand, the Ugandan opposition leader has reportedly suggested that homosexuality should be decriminalised in the country.
Kizza Besigye, who head up a big four-party opposition group, is to challenge President Yoweri Museveni in a vote next month.
During a televised debate, Mr Besigye said that homosexuality had “generated far too much excitement” among current government leaders and that police resources could be better used.
He stressed he was giving his own opinion, rather than speaking for his party, AFP reported “This is something that is done in the privacy of people’s rooms, between consenting adults,” although he declined to comment on if he thought homosexuality was immoral, as is a common belief in the country where homosexual acts are illegal.
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