Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has ordered Parliament’s Committee on Education and Sports to probe allegations of sexual violence like sodomy in schools, after some victims confessed to fearing to walking in school compounds, for fear of falling victim to crimes by the sodomites.
Tayebwa issued the directive during the plenary sitting in which he called on the Committee to conduct a thorough investigation into these claims, following reports of similar crimes reported at Kings College Budo, saying he has heard very painful testimonies from victims and doctors and many of the victims are dying in silence due to stigma.
The Deputy Speaker said, “It seems our schools have been penetrated completely, not only schools but it seems recruitment centers are open, it is extremely painful. We are completely not in charge of our children. I talked to one of the children and he told me that in one of the schools, he told me you can’t be grabbed at night in fear of being grabbed and sodomised. This is a matter you must give urgent priority and tackle head on without fearing anyone because the moment you touch our children, we are finished, we won’t have anything else.”
Charles Bakabulindi (Workers MP) asked the Deputy Speaker to ensure that the net is cast wider and investigate NGOs, that he accused, without evidence of sponsoring sodomy in schools by planting teachers to spread the vice among students.
“This isn’t something that started yesterday, I would be very interested if you also direct Ministry of Internal Affairs to scrutunise the NGOs. When you go to schools like Kings College Budo, you find a teacher, is an agent of NGOs, this thing started 15years ago. Some NGOs ever since they came here, they aren’t monitored, and have recruited our children,” said Bakabulindi.
Gilbert Olanya (Kilak South) asked the Speaker to instead form an ad hoc Committee to investigate allegations of sodomy in schools, saying the probe would need a thorough investigation yet the Education Committee is overwhelmed by other duties.
Ronald Afidra (Lower Madi County) asked the Deputy Speaker to see to it that Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) is also called to order for failing to monitor content broadcast on Television where children are exposed to homosexuality content through cartoons.
He argued, “Could UCC that controls most of the TV Stations, put to books the TV stations that expose our children to such content especially through cartoons which have got sodomisation tendencies. And now when you go to kindergarten schools, some of the documents that they use to teach the children have some of these issues.”
Tororo DWR, Sarah Opendi said that it is extremely unfortunate that a godly country like Uganda is experiencing vices that are against the order of nature, although she failed to recognise that Uganda is a secular nation, and called for the return of the infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill that was thrown out by High Court for not failing to meet the test of constitutional method of enacting any legislation in Uganda.
She also pointed fingers at some NGOs accusing them of homosexuality and even threatened to name and shame fellow MPs who she described as sympathizers of homosexuality in Uganda.
Nsaba Buturo (Bufumbira East) asked the Deputy Speaker to install an ad hoc Committee to carry out an audit into Uganda’s morality, warning that the failure to carry out such a probe is likely to end the existence of Uganda.
“The security of this country could be compromised if we choose to keep quiet, the security, stability of this country will be greatly undermined and make it absolutely weaker than it is,” said Buturo.
Oboth asked Parliament to use its legislative powers to make laws to guide on morality remarking, “If it is a social, moral issue, the law is there to guide because morality in any country, you may not be able to police morals but you can legislate to regulate some of the moral conduct use laws this house is mandated to do whatever it takes to give hope to this country.”
