Buturo blasts envoy over gays
Oct 21, 2004
The Government yesterday blasted the Netherlands embassy First Secretary, Francesco Mascini, over his call to debate homosexuality.<br><br>The internal affairs minister is to meet diplomats to “remind them
By Anne Mugisa
The Government yesterday blasted the Netherlands embassy First Secretary, Francesco Mascini, over his call to debate homosexuality.
The internal affairs minister is to meet diplomats to “remind them about diplomatic behaviour,†state minister for information Dr. Nsaba Buturo said yesterday at the weekly Government press briefing at Nakasero.
Mascini said on Monday that Uganda should open debate on homosexuality and accord them their rights as his country did 40 years ago.
Buturo said diplomats accredited to Uganda had made it a habit to make public statements of a political and moral nature on matters that were a preserve of Ugandans.
He said donating money did not justify their attempts to force Ugandans to accept practices offensive to their culture.
“It is unprecedented and undiplomatic that an envoy should lecture Ugandans about how they should conduct their moral issues,†Buturo, who was flanked by northern Uganda rehabilitation minister Grace Akello, said.
“Lecturing Ugandans through the press is an affront to our sovereignty,†he added.
The Government yesterday blasted the Netherlands embassy First Secretary, Francesco Mascini, over his call to debate homosexuality.
The internal affairs minister is to meet diplomats to “remind them about diplomatic behaviour,†state minister for information Dr. Nsaba Buturo said yesterday at the weekly Government press briefing at Nakasero.
Mascini said on Monday that Uganda should open debate on homosexuality and accord them their rights as his country did 40 years ago.
Buturo said diplomats accredited to Uganda had made it a habit to make public statements of a political and moral nature on matters that were a preserve of Ugandans.
He said donating money did not justify their attempts to force Ugandans to accept practices offensive to their culture.
“It is unprecedented and undiplomatic that an envoy should lecture Ugandans about how they should conduct their moral issues,†Buturo, who was flanked by northern Uganda rehabilitation minister Grace Akello, said.
“Lecturing Ugandans through the press is an affront to our sovereignty,†he added.