As MPs in Uganda prepare to vote on an anti-LGBT measure, President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of pushing gay rights in African states.
In a country where homosexuality is already banned, the bill, proposed earlier this month, proposes harsher punishments for same-sex relationships.
Human rights organizations have criticized it.
President Museveni stated in a speech to parliament on Thursday that Western threats of penalties against African countries that oppose homosexuality were hypocritical because the West has some “strange cultures” as well.
President Museveni called LGBT individuals deviants and urged further discussion on the subject.
Anyone who engages in same-sex conduct or identifies as LGBT might face up to ten years in prison under the proposed law.
Western governments and humanitarian organizations working in Uganda are frequently accused of “promoting homosexuality” in the country, despite their continuous defense of the LGBT community from persecution based on their identification.
Despite harsh anti-gay legislation, Uganda has not arrested anyone for consensual same-sex activity in recent years.
