On Friday, the watchdog group Human Rights First expressed "deep concern" over news that the bill will be signed into law, saying it "will have severely adverse consequences for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as well as other Ugandans."
“Mkutano huu unasikitika sana juu ya mambo yaliyofanywa na Serikali ya nchi hii huko Meru. Mkutano unakubali kwamba Serikali inayo mamlaka kuchukua ardhi ya raia hata kwa lazima ili ardhi hiyo iwe faida ya watu wote kama vile kupitisha reli, barabara, kujenga hospitali, shule au kutumia kwa jambo lingine la manufaa kwa wote.