Comments on: Uganda’s Speaker Promises Passage of Anti-Gay Bill Before the End of the Year https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/11/12/ugandas-speaker-promises-passage-of-anti-gay-bill-before-the-end-of-the-year/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/11/12/ugandas-speaker-promises-passage-of-anti-gay-bill-before-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-62780 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:48:18 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12592#comment-62780 Another worrying development: (unsubstantiated) rumours have started to circulate about Kadaga’s ‘past’ (she is unmarried and has no children – that much is ‘fact’). This could further enflame the situation. Human rights activists in UG are concerned by this.

Obviously, if a public figure is behaving hypocritcally, that is ‘in the public interest’, but any accusations of hypocrisy must be backed by facts.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/11/12/ugandas-speaker-promises-passage-of-anti-gay-bill-before-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-81102 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:48:18 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12592#comment-81102 Another worrying development: (unsubstantiated) rumours have started to circulate about Kadaga’s ‘past’ (she is unmarried and has no children – that much is ‘fact’). This could further enflame the situation. Human rights activists in UG are concerned by this.

Obviously, if a public figure is behaving hypocritcally, that is ‘in the public interest’, but any accusations of hypocrisy must be backed by facts.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/11/12/ugandas-speaker-promises-passage-of-anti-gay-bill-before-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-62779 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:57:13 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12592#comment-62779 Miss Kadaga’s own ‘autocratic tendencies’ are betrayed by her ‘promise’: surely it is how MPs vote that will decide whether the Bill is passed? She cannot ‘promise’ something that she alone cannot deliver.

Some think that Miss Kadaga is serious about combatting corruption. “Phooey!” I say: since she became Speaker it’s been record pay rises (partly disguised as ‘allowances’) and luxury cars for the MPs. And that’s about it really, apart from the sniping at her arch-rival, Amama Mbabazi.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/11/12/ugandas-speaker-promises-passage-of-anti-gay-bill-before-the-end-of-the-year/#comment-81085 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:57:13 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12592#comment-81085 Miss Kadaga’s own ‘autocratic tendencies’ are betrayed by her ‘promise’: surely it is how MPs vote that will decide whether the Bill is passed? She cannot ‘promise’ something that she alone cannot deliver.

Some think that Miss Kadaga is serious about combatting corruption. “Phooey!” I say: since she became Speaker it’s been record pay rises (partly disguised as ‘allowances’) and luxury cars for the MPs. And that’s about it really, apart from the sniping at her arch-rival, Amama Mbabazi.

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