The Anti-Homosexuality Act was signed in a context of mounting restrictions on human rights in Uganda. The Ugandan government, over Museveni’s 28 years in office, has increasingly suppressed freedom of assembly, expression, and association, and threatened civil society groups and human rights defenders working on a range of issues, including corruption, land, oil, and good governance.
Mauaji haya ambayo yamekuwa na athari mbaya kwa watu kiafya, kwa haki yao ya kuishi, usalama wao, hisia zao na ustawi wao kimaisha kwa ujumla, yamekuwa sehemu ya kawaida ya maisha ya watu wa maeneo ya Kanda ya Ziwa huku sehemu moja ya jamii ikiamini kuwa huo ni mfumo mzuri wa kudhibiti wachawi wanaoleta madhara kwenye jamii na sehemu nyingine, ikiamini ndiyo njia sahihi ya kudhibiti wanaotuhumiwa kwa uchawi.