in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. let s speak now to jay mulucha. he s an activist and executive director of an lbtq organisation in uganda. he has stayed up very late to join us on the programme. thank you very much for your time. tell us exactly what the reaction has been so far in uganda. what the reaction has been so far in unanda. . ~ what the reaction has been so far in uaanda. ., ~ ,, what the reaction has been so far in u:anda. ., ~ i. . uganda. thank you so much. in u:anda, uganda. thank you so much. in uganda. at uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, - uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, the i uganda. thank you so much. in - uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so sca
tensed up, the situation was not good. we are so scared. that s what i can tell you. because we didn t expect to be built to be signed as soon as today. though we knew that one day he will sign the bill, the president will sign the bill, we did not expect it to come in as soon today. you can never prepare for bad news. ., ., ., , , today. you can never prepare for bad news. ., ., ., u, , , news. the international community is already lashing news. the international community is already lashing out news. the international community is already lashing out at news. the international community is already lashing out at ugandan - already lashing out at ugandan officials, wejust already lashing out at ugandan officials, we just heard from presidentjoe biden, from thoughts from officials in the uk. this was a similar bill that was brought in 2014 that was ultimately struck down. do you have any hope that maybe ugandan leaders will listen to the likes of presidentjoe biden and repeal th
in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. let s speak now to jay mulucha. he s an activist and executive director of an lbtq organisation in uganda. he has stayed up very late to join us on the programme. thank you very much for your time. tell us exactly what the reaction has been so far in uganda. what the reaction has been so far in unanda. . ~ what the reaction has been so far in uaanda. ., ~ ,, what the reaction has been so far in u:anda. ., ~ i. . uganda. thank you so much. in u:anda, uganda. thank you so much. in uganda. at uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, - uganda. thank you so much. in uganda, at the moment, the i uganda. thank you so much. in - uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so scary. everyo
condemning the passage of this law in uganda and warning of possible sanctions. warning as well of a possible barring of ugandan officials involved in implanting these sort of loss from accessing these sort of loss from accessing the united states of america implanting the sorts of laws. there is a particular concern here, and thatis is a particular concern here, and that is also been expressed by the us state department in a separate statement, about the impact of this law could have on advances in hiv treatment and diagnosis in sub saharan africa, particularly in uganda. uganda has led the field in this particular endeavour, and it is something that, given the large amounts of funding that come from the us to assist with that sort of treatment and prevention, it is potentially now in jeopardy, the white house is saying. so a very, very strong condemnation coming from here and it is shared across the aisle, you might say, because we ve also heard from the republican senator from te
to an lgbt person, they will be sentenced to prison for ten years, so this bill is going to affect. let me call it a lot because it is no longer a bill, this law is going to affect a lot of us. it already started affecting us when it was still in parliament. jar; started affecting us when it was still in parliament. jay mulucha, thank ou still in parliament. jay mulucha, thank you very still in parliament. jay mulucha, thank you very much still in parliament. jay mulucha, thank you very much for - still in parliament. jay mulucha, l thank you very much for speaking still in parliament. jay mulucha, - thank you very much for speaking to us, and best of luck. as i mentioned, presidentjoe biden has described the ugandan law as shameful. for more on president biden s comments, we can cross live to our north america correspondent david willis. thank you forjoining us on the programme. david, i know it is a holiday weekend in the us, but how much reaction has there been on this developme