In response to a question which remarked on the absence of laws promoting gender equality, it was acknowledged that in certain areas Ugandan legislation was discriminatory, but it was also important to realize that much of that legislation, including the Penal Code, dated from colonial times.
En réponse à une question concernant l'absence de loi en faveur de l'égalité des sexes, Mme Bakoko-Bakoru reconnaît que certains aspects de la législation ougandaise sont discriminatoires, mais il est important aussi de savoir que cette législation, y compris le Code pénal, date en grande partie de l'époque coloniale.