Whites Introduced Homosexuality to Uganda. True or False?

Uganda in the last few weeks had its fifteen minutes of fame. The august Uganda parliament--that infamous house where votes are bought and sold to the lowest bidder--passed the Anti-Faggot Bill that is envisaged to send suspected homosexuals to prison for life. Love kills. Ugandans should know it better than anybody, having been killed with Aids by the millions. Thanks to gay activists in Act Up who pushed that swaggering American President Reagan to release funds for research, many Ugandans can now live long with the scourge of the  disease.

The impetus for the bill and subsequent apoplectic hyperventilation in the social network is that homosexuality is foreign to Uganda--mainly brought by foreign white people to corrupt our young into despicable behavior.

First, my objection to the bill is that it is an assault on individual liberty which, I am told, is enshrined in the Constitution of Uganda. If we proscribe how a person has sex, what else can we proscribe that we find objectionable?  When we objectify a group, then we give ourselves permission to do with them anything we want. Many know very well the oft quoted "biological substance" in regard to the Northerners. Those two words were enough to create disgusts. It galvanized the perpetrators to do all manner of evil to these non-humans without any guilt. Of course, that included the homosexual acts that the perpetrators were used to--that of pumping the rear-ends of men, especially in the Acoli region. This was at a time when whites were not coming in droves with aid moneys.

I posit that homosexuality is a human condition that may be a consequence of hormonal imbalances in the developing fetus. There is plenty of literature that explains that epigenetics-- the environmental effects on the genes--might be what causes the gender dubiousness in some people. If that is the case, then Ugandans are not immune to that possibility. And history and cultural practices confirm that.

It is a known fact that Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda was a homosexual. The saying goes that "hell has no fury as a woman scorned." Tell me about it--I have had my share of furious women!  But we are talking about King Mwanga. The ferocity with which he killed those page boys who are now Christian saints, speaks of the intensity of his feelings for the boys. And that intense feeling is not uncommon even in heterosexual relationships. Who can forget OJ Simpson who brutality stabbed and killed his ex-wife and her boyfriend? I would die if I can't have you but, since I am such a coward to kill myself, if I can't have you, no one will. And in a state of temporary insanity the perp does the unimaginable.

I am not picking on Baganda. But they are the dominant tribe with marked influence on many aspects of Ugandans' lives--whether the rest of us like it or not. I do not know whether Baganda's practice of "stretching" has caught on or not. The last time a female friend confided that it has spread eastwards. This is when the auntie pulls on the vaginal labia of her young ward to help elongate it. It is supposed to give great pleasure to the male species later on. This practice is as lesbian an act as can be. I am sure the auntie receives as great pleasure as she gives pleasure.

Back to this bill. The opposition should stay clear of. It is a trap. If you reframe it in terms of liberty of the individual, you will be kaput comes 2016. The master tactician will say: For us in the NRM we don't want foreign ideas. Let the faggots go to wakina FDC, UPC, DP. And Ugandans not knowing liberty even if you shove it down their throats, will vote the Ogre again.
 

Liberty Goes Around and Comes Around

When I protect the liberty of others, I protect my own. But this is not a concept innate to us. We have to cultivate it. For those who follow the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth who became Jesus the Christ during the reign of the Roman Constantine, his greatest teaching hinged  on loving your neighbor as thyself. This teaching includes the whole of humanity, and when we cherry-pick who to love and not, we fool ourselves for being the followers of the Jewish man who became a god.


Afande FeneKansi on the Homosexual Bill



Discussions have raged in social networks on Uganda’s Homosexuality Bill, which I predicted the great tactician Museveni would take his time with it. He has now weighed in accordingly (Anti-gays-Bill-was-rushed---Museveni ). I don’t know what homosexuals do with themselves, but to protect my liberty, I will defend them to the end. A wiseacre wondered how I could even be a Ugandan for my stand (I Would Want 2 Believe UR  Nt Ugandans). This is a fellow who not long ago was called a “biological substance” by his fellow Ugandans. Effectively, he was less that than a human being to be done with as it pleased the “human beings.” Even to this day, in emotional heat, he could still be referred to as such. See a discussion on a public forum: (Rutabajuuka: Those were biological substances, period). Notice the finality of the heartlessness.

When Africans or any other peoples are not familiar with something, they resort to the boogey man who is bringing all these weird stuff.  That follows along the line of human history. Copernicus, for example, formulated a heliocentric model of the universe with the sun at the center rather than earth. Earlier on a Greek man had already made this suggestion.  But during the Renaissance the Church was so powerful and preached that the Earth (by extension man) was the center of the universe. Fearfully the man did not publish his thesis. When Galileo supported this thesis by evidentiary information using his telescope, the Church Roman Inquisition jailed him for life.

In my mind I conjecture that homosexuality has some biological explanation to it. It is a known fact that genes mutate in order to give variety to species. I have seen very effeminate men, who clearly were not faking it. I am sure gays are there plodding in labs disassembling the engines under the hood to prove that genes play a part in their same-sex disposition. Some have said it is not a piece of DNA per se, but its expression or epigenetic that is shaped by the fetal environment in the womb. (Epigenetic Roots-of-Homosexuality/).

Finally, live and let live, love your neighbor as thyself, and work for others liberty so you could enjoy yours. The man said: Why can’t we just get along? He was badly beaten by cops who didn’t like his blackness.

Afande FeneKansi on the Mini-Skirt Bill

An Homage to Cicero

One of my greatest historical hero of the world is the Roman consul Cicero. He is believed to have been one of the greatest Roman orator and writer. His influence was marked in the European 14th century Renaissance and 18th century age of Enlightenment. Cicero's humanist teachings were basically: A willingness to subordinate our private interests for the public good; a desire to fight against corruption and tyranny; and an ambition to reach out for the noblest goals of all--those of honor and glory for the country as well as for ourselves.

Considering these goals, how would our leaders, many of whom don't even read, measure up?  Of course, we know that  they are running around in somnambulistic veneration of one psychopathic dude--as long as they get their benefits which are in times several thousands more than what the bewildered villagers who elect them get.

Our Image of the World Reflects on Who We are and What We Do

We create policies and situations based on our image of the world. If the image is false, the policies and situations will be false.

Let us look at the case of the Oga of Uganda, General Museveni. He lost an election. It was after a war to oust dictator Idi Amin. Everything was in a messy flux. Rather than work with others to civilly nurse the nation back to sanity, Mr. Museveni chose to go to the bush to fight a government that had hardly found its feet on the ground. Many starry-eyed homeboys followed him. Basically, it was a war of liberation from the Northern hegemony. Before, he could win and after, great carnage was done to the population.

On coming out, he could do no wrong. He claimed he was the personification of good governance and heaped insults (may be deservedly) on the past regimes. This, however, was a ruse to send people to sleep. He did not believe in anything he said. By the time the population woke up, he had his personal army, a parliament that jumps at his beckoning, basic safety-net services have gone to the dogs. All the while a few have become filthy rich, the national coffer has become his piggy bank, and the culture of corruption has become the order of the day.

Why would a leader have his hand in every details of national activities? Then, when things go wrong, he blames others. When there is a flicker of achievement, he hogs the credit. He is obsessive. He is a control freak.

What makes a leader stray in every armed conflict in the neighborhood? Is it to create a battle-tested military? What for? What are his major plans when the military absorbs a large chunk of the national budget? All the while those who need safety-nets the most sleep on the floors in public hospitals.

The man who once said that a major problem of African countries was leaders who overstay in power, has used all kinds of under-handed fiats to cling to power for nearly thirty years. By all indications he wants more of the same. All the while, any kind of serious opposition is brutally snuffed. The LC (local council)structure of his no-party days is the machinery to deliver down to the mud-and-wattle pit latrine huts. Throwing printed money in the right places, strategic appointments, and going easy on thieves in high places are the lifeblood that keep the system chugging along.

So, what is the Oga's image of the world really beyond the façade of a born-again Christian and the feted darling of the West for nearly thirty years? Deep down, the world is not a safe place, and nobody cares about you except yourself. Grab power, grab wealth, and grab people by any means necessary. This is how to ensure your own survival. What goes for a master politician is, in fact, a depraved instinct developed in suboptimum beginnings.

Fair is Fair

A lady on Facebook brought up a pertinent issue that has dogged African males of late: a viper over-dependency of our females on we males. ( Lamara's View) The fact is, this is a new phenomenon. Our grandmothers tilled the land. Our mothers worked in the professions. All were contributing without mine-and-yours. Now, a Ugandan MP claims abuse when the husband wants to know her income. ( Battered over Pay) Mind you, when she didn't have it, the man took care of things. Crazy stuff--figure it out!