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Uganda lawmakers pass new draft of harsh anti-gay bill
KAMPALA: Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed a new draft of anti-gay legislation, retaining many draconian provisions despite President Yoweri Museveni's call to rework an earlier version of the bill following an outcry by Western governments.“The bill passed,“ parliamentary speaker Annet Anita Among said after the final vote saw the legislation win approval from all but one lawmaker.“We have a culture to protect. The Western world will not come to rule Uganda,“ she said.Legislators amended portions of the draft law to clarify that identifying as gay would not be criminalised, but “engaging in acts of homosexuality” would be an offence punishable with life imprisonment.Although Museveni ha

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