In December 2013, Ugandan parliament passed the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, making it legal to imprison people for life for what was deemed “aggravated homosexuality”—defined as someone with HIV engaging in homosexual acts, sex with a minor or repeated offences of homosexuality. The act was passed into law in February 2014, but later deemed invalid by Uganda’s constitutional court in August 2014.

MPs in the country are now demanding the bill be brought back – claiming homosexuality is “un-African.”

Numerous MPs spoke about bringing back the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Ugandan parliament on Wednesday. They passed a motion to praise Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga for “standing firm” against LGBT rights at a recent international meeting.

Kadaga, who was a leading force behind what was dubbed the ‘Kill the Gays’ bill, told an Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) Summit in March that Uganda would withdraw from the union if it endorsed LGBT rights in any way.

Kadaga accused IPU president Gabriella Barroza of sneaking in a homosexuality motion at the Geneva summit. She said it was done without consent from Asian and African representatives.

“The external interests have threatened and used all kinds of means to force nations such as Uganda to accept the same sex practices,” he told the house.

“I urge all Ugandans and the Members of Parliament to reject homosexuality in all its forms and manifestations.” Read more via Pink News