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THIS WEEK: LGBT Agenda banned at IPU meet
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators meeting in Geneva have voted to ban debate on the subject of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) at the Inter Parliamentary Union ever again.
The Ugandan delegation led by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga led the move against what they termed as a well-orchestrated machination led by Canada and Belgium who had lobbied many delegates to vote in favor of the motion.
Uganda’s delegation comprises Mourine Osoru (Arua district), Abdulatif Sebaggala (Kawempe North), Rose Kabagyeni (Kisoro District), Esther Anyakun (Nakapiripirit District), Paul Akamba (Busiki) and Francis Mwijukye (Buhweju).
They were supported by mainly representatives from China, Russia, African and Arab parliaments. The LGBT agenda had been presented to the Assembly to be debated as an emergency item for the next 140th IPU Assembly.
