“Next year Ugandans support your gay brothers and sisters, they’re more than you can ever imagine, born that way, don’t let them be killed over ignorance” Havard Latrix’s message read.
The year is 2014 and many students have already come up with their 2015 resolutions; shun all vile character and concentrate on productive activities that’ll build their esteem. However, a group Ugandan gay community members mainly comprising of students has also used this precious festive season to clearly air out their needs and are have promised to revamp their struggle for equal shared rights in 2015.
Self proclaimed Ugandan gay king, “the gay Tamale Mirundi” as stated by him in his message, Harvard Latrix [Facebook usernames] shocked the whole campus community when he acclaimed in one campus community page how the student gay community around Uganda is surging more than anyone would imagine. According to his so research, he stratifies the gay students in the various universities in loops of numbers, behavioural character and appearance.
“As the #Gay Tamale Mirundi in Uganda, I have come to a conclusion, most gay students are in #Makerere University but they are classy and hard to spot!
#UCU has the cutest gays but they lack class. #Nkumba University bayitilivu naye bafala (they’re good in bed but are not styled up). Then just like the girls, the gays in #Kyambogo are villagers!
It has been a hard year for the gay people in Uganda, those that people with eyes have failed to see!
Next year Ugandans support your gay brothers and sisters, they are more than you can ever imagine, born that way, don’t let them be killed over your ignorance!
#HAPPY_NEW_YEAR!”
However his cause of echo has received negative response from students across Uganda. Many students have vilified Harvard totally disparaging his actions.
In one of the comments in response to Harvard’s hilarious post, Ian Calvin Waiswa said, “Hahahaha, how determined a stupid fool you are. And what do you gain from this? Do you feel better? Do you think you have posted sense? Have you no regard for culture? Are you Ugandan? Do you know the use of this page? Are you insane? Are you a student? Mind the garbage you throw out of your head to a world where intellectuals are listening.”
Fortune Van Victor also continued to lash out at Harvard; “I thought Jesus had died for the sinners but it looks like he has to die again to save this ass fucker!”
Harvard, a Muganda by tribe (according to his Facebook page) and alleges to have acquired a degree from Makerere University shows remarkable skill at answering bitter questions addressed to him. He often looks to Mr Ssemwogerere Joseph Mary a CIT lecturer at the institution as reference. It becomes more intriguing when he labels Mr Ssemwogerere in one of his comments as his most cherished lecturer. “Go to CIT Ssemwogerere he was my best lecturer, the bad thing oleekanannyo [you shout too much]. Gays are everywhere.”
The anti-gay bill was enacted by H.E. Museveni to become the Anti-Homosexuality act 2014 and therefore expunged all acts of homosexuality and the respective culprits to be punished in the courts of law. Many gay rights activists arose and protested against the lack of fairness in this punitive law advocating for fairness therein. The law was later struck down by courts of law on grounds that it had previously been passed by parliament without quorum claiming victory for the gay rights activists worldwide then.
In November, Ugandan politicians promised to reinstate the struck down act, this time round it being devoid of any loop holes and irregularities. With room for debate by the legislature, many homosexuals in Uganda will continue to live in constant fear and disparagement.
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