As for the U.K.: food prices have not risen by over 100% in the last few weeks; U.K. inflation is too high (4 – 5% per annum), but in a completely different league. Cuts to U.K. public services will hurt, and I certainly actively oppose some of those (especially in the fields of education and certain social benefits).

Thanks for the statistics. But I still insist that you concentrate on the economic problems of UK and let our people worry about that of Uganda. Okay?

The post to which you refer was arguing that bashing gays is not substitute for proper child protection measures. It was a perfectly fair point, especially given this: http://allafrica.com/stories/200808040078.html

1. Nobody should be bashed, but anyone who wants to poke his/her hand into the eyes of the Ugandan people must be punished and fresh legislation is required for that purpose.

2. Read my commentary on this thread with regards to your All Africa.Com news report

Don’t forget that, of you wish to deal with pesky foreigners, it might be a good idea to avoid persecuting your own compatriots

I will start taking the above quote seriously when the Her Majesty’s government start applying same pressure to the Saudis and all other pro-Western Gulf Arab States that have harsh sodomy laws in place or when Her Majesty’s government starts bothering the Malaysian government for its current use of a sodomy law to prosecute a prominent politician.

Western governments are bullying African nations because they perceive them to be weaker. Unfortunately, these pressures end up being counter-productive as is the case in Malawi where the Bingu wa Mutharaika led- government tenaciously followed up the prosecution of two sex deviants to reach its logical conclusion, despite six months of unrelenting blackmail and threats by gayism-obsessed Western governments. Recently, the Malawian government called off the bluff of Germany and USA and swiftly expanded the scope of its sodomy laws just like the Burundians did two years earlier.

It may be that it was felt that the slowly smothering the Bill was more politically expedient (I can see why – former Botswanan President, Festus Mogae, has said he didn’t legalise same-sex relationships in Botswana for political reasons, even though he had wanted to do so). But it is not yet completely dead, of course. Only once the Eighth Parliament is dissolved will there be some real ‘breathing space’. But there are those who might ‘try again’ (with a more subtle approach) in the Ninth … ‘Maazi NCO’ likes to suggest as much, and I’m sure he has a point.

(Bahati is looking something of a fool these days, after calling out armed police in Kampala because someone told him he was gay, and having an ‘I-want-mass-murder’ tantrum in Johannesburg over a little kiss, but he is far from totally beaten, I suspect.)

But yeah, I don’t trust the haters either. The bill might not pass soon, but I bet they got some dirty tricks up their sleeves.

As for the U.K.: food prices have not risen by over 100% in the last few weeks; U.K. inflation is too high (4 – 5% per annum), but in a completely different league. Cuts to U.K. public services will hurt, and I certainly actively oppose some of those (especially in the fields of education and certain social benefits).

Stephen Tashobya, the Chair of the Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Committee in Uganda’s Parliament told me yesterday that the Anti-Homosexuality Bill may not be considered during this sesssion of Parliament.

Hmmm. I can imagine the mischievous smile on Mr. Chairman’s face when he was responding to questions posed by our desperate US-based pro-gay fighter and blogger who feels the need every now and again to poke his nose into the affairs of a distant nation, especially when he has the US cultural civil war raging in front of him. Talk of a man abandoning his burning house to run after a random squirrel after he spotted it in front of his drive-way.

i am now convinced that the bill has been put through the shredder and will soon be forgotten

Nicely cut and simple. I am sure Anteros have experienced wet dreams about this “sweet” scenario.

This sounds to me like a realistic assessment, but we should remain on ‘full alert’, of course.

Dear Richard,

Oh Yes !! We must be on full alert !! —–from the Great City of London in Her Majesty’s United Kingdom !!! I would imagine that you would want to polish your crystal balls well to ensure that they are able to send you clear live East African images from thousands of miles away for the purposes of your “realistic assessment”. I guess your spies (eh, sorry—“contacts”) will complement the crystal ball.

It’s probably no bad thing that Bahati is drama queen. It does make demolishing his case easier.

There are probably more cunning snakes in the grass, from whom the real danger comes.

We’ll see what happens next. But at least it’s (probably) a long time until the next elections, so the NRM can get on with important matters and not try to court cheap popularity by bashing gays.