Commonwealth minister urges caution on Uganda over gays
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) has urged the world
not to victimize Uganda over the new Anti-Homosexuality Act.
Addressing a press conference in London on Friday, CMAG chair Bernard
K Membe, who is Tanzania's minister for Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation, said the West should to go slow on issues
that affect Africa's cultural norms and values. Membe was responding
to questions from journalists on the Commonwealth position on Uganda
after passing the anti-gay law.
He said: "It [gay rights issue] is a matter that touches more on
cultural values and the Commonwealth needs to go very slowly and very
carefully when it deals with the cultural norms and ideologies in the
continent."
He said any imposed Western cultural norm on the African continent or
elsewhere was more likely to lack legitimacy and acceptance: "Unless
this matter is taken carefully and people become so sensitive when
imposing such cultural differences and norms, we may not end up well
in the continent when it comes to the debate on LGBTI."
After President Museveni recently assented to the Anti-Homosexuality
Bill, Western countries have up in arms, warning of serious
consequences, and some withholding aid from the government.
But the secretary general of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, said
although there is no agreed Commonwealth position on gay rights, the
organisation was uncomfortable with developments in Uganda.
"I want to make it absolutely clear that the Commonwealth opposes
discrimination on any grounds and stands up for the principles of
equality, non-discrimination, non-victimization and
non-criminalization" he said.
He added, however, that on gay rights, it was for each member state,
to harmonize their own national policies in order to be in consonance
with Commonwealth values.
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