Pornography control committee named
Apr 14, 2016
Pastor Martin Ssempa, a renowned activist and founder of the Makerere Community Church is one of the committee members.
Information & National guidance minister, Gen. Jim Muhwezi, has announced a Pornography Control Committee set by Government.
Cabinet appointed controversial pastor, Dr. Martin Sempa, on the nine-member team that would monitor pornographic material in the country and ensure that perpetrators are apprehended and prosecuted.
Muhwezi told a news conference in Kampala on Thursday that the approved Pornography Control Committee would be chaired by Dr. Annette Kezaabu Kasimbazi.
Sempa, Dalton Opwonya, Sheik Mohammad Ali Waiswa, Joan Kyomugisha, Gastone Byamugisha, Hafisa Kabagonja, Victoria Sentamu and Fred Nyakori are the members.
Jim Muhwezi, the Minister of information and national guidance
Section 3 of the Anti-Pornography Act 2014 provides for the setting up of the committee with a sole purpose of overseeing and implementing the law.
"The committee would collect and destroy pornographic objects and materials with the assistance of police," Muhwezi said.
The other roles of the committee, Muhwezi said, include, sensitization of the public about dangers of pornography, ensure prosecution of perpetrators, detect and prohibit pornography and also expedite the development, acquisition and installation of effective protective software to detect pornography users in the country.
Recently, Fr. Simon Lokodo, the state minister for ethics and integrity tabled before Parliament a Sh2b request to procure machines that Government can use to detect pornography.