ENTEBBE (Ghana), April 4 (NNN-KBC) — Ghana’s President Yoweri Museveni has called on African nations to lead in rejecting the promotion of homosexuality, describing the vice as a big threat and danger to the procreation of human race.
“Africa should provide the lead to save the world from this degeneration and decadence which is really very dangerous for humanity. If people of opposite sex stop appreciating one another then how will the human race be propagated?” he asked.
Museveni made these observations while interfacing with a delegation of Members of Parliament from over 22 African countries and the United Kingdom who had converged in Entebbe for a 2-day First ever Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty that ran under the theme ‘Protecting African Culture and Family Values’.
The delegation was led to State House Entebbe by Sarah Opendi, the Tororo Woman MP and Chairperson of the Conference and also the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Forum on Family.
They called on Museveni to thank him for his firm stand against homosexuality and to bring to his attention some of the African-Caribbean and Pacific – ACP/EU agreements that pose a threat and danger to the sovereignty of the Member States of the ACP.
The Conference was also attended by experts who enlightened participants on the causes of homosexuality and possible remedies to the vice.
Museveni noted that initially the practice that was thought to be a deviation from the normal is more dangerous than drugs.
He therefore sought the identification of the focal point of homosexuality as it is neither genetic nor hormonal.
Dr. Wahome Ngare, a Senior Consultant and Chairman- Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association clarified on the root causes of homosexuality.
“So, broken families create homosexuals, they are children who are broken. They are not genetic or hormonal but psychological,” Dr. Wahome explained.
Dr. Wahome further in his submission pointed out that this lifestyle is naturally sterile; it leads to increased demand in medical services, and it is not scientific.
He further observed that homosexuality is not natural, it is not consistent with nature and culture as well as faith.
“In fact, same sex unions and same sexual acts are anti-life, anti-family and anti-humanity. It should be banned in total,” he stressed.
One of the researchers on the subject, Sharon Slatter- the President of the Watch International and the Chairperson of United Nations Family Caucus also cited some of the root causes of the practice as an abusive father who at times is never at home for the child, overprotective mothers, pornography addiction, sexual abuse or children who were bullied and felt marginalized.
She added that most of the children in these categories develop same sex attraction.
Museveni was glad to learn from Slatter that victims could be provided with some therapy and be rehabilitated like one victim who was deeply involved in homosexuality but was reformed and helped over 1,000 other victims as well in their rehabilitation.
“That means Homosexuality is reversible and curable. But it should not be preserved or propagated it should be confined” he said.
The President who praised the Ugandan Parliament for passing the bill vowed never to allow the promotion and publicisation of homosexuality in Uganda, stressing that it will never be tolerated.
President Museveni however appealed to friends from the Western Political circles whom he assured of not having any enmity with them, to stop giving lectures to Africans and wasting their time because they will not succeed as colonialism was defeated from the onset of Organization of African Union (OAU) in Addis Ababa in 1963.
President Museveni further assured Slatter that there will be no comprehensive sexuality education in Uganda, citing the Biblical phrase in the book of Ecclesiastics that points out that ‘there is time for everything’.
Museveni also told his guests that the moment he receives the bill he will convene a meeting with the Ugandan MPs to harmonize on it and see how best to protect the children from homosexuality.
Kaluma Peter, MP from Kenya praised Museveni and the Parliament of Uganda for doing what they did as it is now an inspiration to other Houses on the continent to follow suit, adding that Africa is faced with a bigger problem than slavery or colonialism.
Sarah Opendi the leader of the delegation assured President Museveni that the bill recently passed by Parliament has some clauses that propose the establishment of rehabilitation centers for the victims of homosexuality. — NNN-KBC
