Baphi abaholi banamuhla embonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ekuzameni ukuvimbela inhlekelele yabantu nezomnotho embonini yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha yase-Uganda ephilayo? Kubonakala kuphela World Tourism Network ubekhuluma kuze kube manje.
The UNKhomishana Omkhulu we-UN wamalungelo abantu ucele uMengameli wase-Uganda u-Yoweri Museveni ukuthi angawusayini umthethosivivinywa ophasiswe yiphalamende lase-Uganda namuhla.
I-UN Volker Türk ibize uMthethosivivinywa Wokulwa Nobungqingili ka-2023 ngokuthi “ubudlova,” yathi izoba nemiphumela engemihle emphakathini futhi yephule umthethosisekelo wezwe.
I-United States yengeze entukuthelweni yamazwe ngamazwe ngomthethosivivinywa oqinile ophasiswe abenzi bomthetho base-Uganda owenza kube yicala ukumane uhlonzwe njenge-LGBTQ+, onquma udilikajele olahlwe yicala lobulili obufanayo, kanye nesigwebo sentambo “sobungqingili obubi.”
Uma uMengameli esayinwe njengomthetho, uzokwenza ukuthi abantu abathandana nobulili obubili e-Uganda babe izigebengu ngenxa nje yokuthi babekhona, ngokuba yilokho abayikho. Kungase kunikeze i-carte blanche ngokuphulwa okuhlelekile kwawo wonke amalungelo abo abantu futhi kusebenze ukugqugquzela abantu ukuthi bamelane.
Iphalamende lase-Uganda lisanda kudlulisa inguqulo engashintshile yomunye wemithetho eqinile emelene ne-LGBTQ+ emhlabeni ngemuva kokuthi uMongameli u-Yoweri Museveni ecele ukuthi imibandela ethile yomthetho wokuqala yehliswe.
Inguqulo yokuqala yalo mthethosivivinywa yaphasiswa ngoMashi, lapho umongameli ecela izinguquko ezithile.
UMengameli uMuseveni ubuyisele umthethosivivinywa ephalamende ngenyanga edlule, ecela abenzi bomthetho ukuthi basuse umsebenzi wokubika futhi bethule umbandela wokusiza “ukulungiswa” kwezitabane. Akukho ukuhlinzekwa okunjalo okufakiwe kumthethosivivinywa ochitshiyelwe.
Isilinganiso esaphoqa abantu ukuthi babike izenzo zobungqingili sachitshiyelwa kuphela ukuze sidinge ukubika lapho ingane ihileleka. Ukwehluleka ukwenza lokho kungaphansi kweminyaka emihlanu ejele noma inhlawulo yezigidi eziyi-10 zamasheleni ase-Uganda.
Umuntu (noma ihhotela) “azivumela ukuthi indawo yakhe isetshenziselwe izenzo zobungqingili” ubhekene neminyaka eyisikhombisa ejele kuleli zwe laseMpumalanga Afrika.
Umthethosivivinywa ochitshiyelwe uhlanganisa nesigwebo sentambo ezenzweni ezithile zobulili obufanayo kanye nesigwebo seminyaka engu-20 “sokukhuthaza” ubungqingili, okuzofaka noma yikuphi ukumela amalungelo abantu abathandana besifazane, abathandana nabobulili obufanayo, abathandana nobulili obubili, abashintsha ubulili, kanye nezakhamuzi eziyiziwula e-Uganda.
Esinye sezikhungo ezinesibindi e-Uganda yi I-Metropolitan Community Church eKampala.
Ibandla lithi: “Izindinganiso zethu zokuziphatha ezinkulu kakhulu nokumelana nokukhishwa inyumbazane kuyizinto esigxile kuzo enkonzweni yethu.
Sifuna ukuqhubeka siyimigudu yokukholwa lapho wonke umuntu ehlanganiswa nomndeni kaNkulunkulu nalapho zonke izingxenye zobuntu bethu zamukelwa etafuleni likaNkulunkulu.
I-Metropolian Community Church eKampala
Okuxakayo ukuthi amasonto alandela umthetho angase abe yimbangela yemizwa emelene nemiphakathi ye-LGBTQ e-Uganda.
Isihloko esithi Inqubomgomo Yezangaphandle enesihloko esithi: Indlela Abavangeli Base-US Abasize Ngayo Ukucwasa Izitabane Kwanda e-Afrika uchaza.
Umzwelo omelene nezitabane wawuke waba khona ezwekazini, kodwa amaqembu enkolo amhlophe aseMelika awukhulisile.
Ngo-2018, u-Val Kalende, isishoshovu samalungelo e-LGBTQ+ owaze waya ohambweni olwaluxhaswe nguMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika ngo-2010 ngenxa yobushoshovu bakhe, waqhubeka. I-TV ngesikhathi senkonzo yesonto ukulahla ubungqingili. U-Kalende, ngo-2022 wabhala i-op-ed enesihloko esithi “Akuguquki: Uhambo lomKrestu othandana namanye abesilisa nabesifazane ngempilo 'yakudala eyisitabane'," lapho axolisa khona emphakathini we-LGBTQ+ wase-Uganda ngokuhoxa kwakhe.
Amasonto evangeli kanye nemali yaseNtshonalanga yayibambe iqhaza e-Uganda ekukhiqizeni nasekusimamiseni uhlaka lwangaphambili lwezitabane ngezindlela ezingaphezu kobuqili nezingokomfanekiso. Abashumayeli bevangeli baye bahamba kulo lonke elase-Afrika, bekhuluma lolu limi olulimazayo.
Ake sithi umthetho uphasisa okwesibili iphalamende lase-Uganda futhi usayinwe nguMongameli ukuba ube ngumthetho, uzokwenza ukuthi abantu abathandana nabesilisa abathandana nabo, izitabane, kanye nabesilisa nabesifazane e-Uganda babe izigebengu ngenxa nje yokuba khona, ngokuba yilokho abayikho.
"Kunganikeza i-carte blanche ngokuphulwa okuhleliwe kwawo wonke amalungelo abo abantu futhi kusebenze ukugqugquzela abantu ukuthi bamelane," kusho umbiko we-CNN.
A umbiko omusha eshicilelwe yi-Institute for Journalism and Social Change, okuwuhlelo olusha olusungulwe yizintatheli nezishoshovu zamazwe ngamazwe, luveze ukuthi izigidi zamarandi zinikezwe amaqembu afana ne-Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), iqembu lezenkolo elinamandla. sekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi kumiswe imithetho emelene nobungqingili.
KuTwitter, amanye amazwi avuna kakhulu lo mthetho, ebeka ukuzigqaja kwama-Afrika njengesizathu sokuwusekela.
Ngicabanga ukuthi i-Afrika kufanele ivunyelwe ukuthi izenzele eyayo imithetho futhi ifake idemoni kulokho ekufunayo.
I-Uganda isenza sibe Abakhulu kuwo wonke Amazwe ase-Afrika.
Iqembu lososayensi abaphambili kanye nezifundiswa zase-Afrika nasemhlabeni wonke linxuse uMongameli uMuseveni ukuthi awuvotele lo mthethosivivinywa, lathi "ubungqingili kuwukwehluka okuvamile futhi okungokwemvelo kobuntu bobulili."
UMuseveni unezinsuku ezingu-30 zokuthi asayine lo mthetho ube umthetho, awubuyisele ephalamende ukuze ubuyekezwe futhi, noma awuvotele bese wazisa uSomlomo wePhalamende.
Lo mthethosivivinywa nokho uzophasiswa ube umthetho ngaphandle kwemvume kamengameli uma ewubuyisela ephalamende okwesibili.
U-Anita Among, usomlomo wephalamende lase-Uganda, uthe: “Namuhla, iphalamende seliphinde langena ezincwadini zomlando wase-Uganda, e-Afrika kanye nasemhlabeni, ngoba laveza indaba yobungqingili, umbuzo wokuziphatha, ikusasa lezingane zethu. , nokuvikela imikhaya.”
Ucele amalungu ePhalamende ukuthi “ahlale egxilile” ezibophezelweni zawo, wengeza ngokuthi “akukho ukusabisa okuzosenza sihoxe kulokho esikwenzile. Asime siqine.”
Izinhlangano ezihamba phambili zezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe, njenge WTTC futhi UNWTO, kudala beqonda ukubaluleka kokulingana ukufaka imiphakathi ye-LGBTQ.
“Ukuvakasha nokuvakasha kuhlotshaniswa nokuthula, ukulingana nokuxhumana kwabantu. Ukwenza kube yicala ukuba yisitabane, izitabane, noma umuntu oshintsha ubulili, nokwenza kube yicala uma uthi lokhu akulungile kubeka abahambi abavakashela lelo zwe engcupheni ngaphandle uma isivakashi sisazi ngalesi simo,” kusho uJuergen Steinmetz, uSihlalo we i World Tourism Network.
"Abavakashi nezinkampani zezindiza kufanele bazibophezele ukuthi bazoxwayisa abahambi abaya e-Uganda uma nje lo mthetho omelene ne-LGBTQ ususayiniwe."
IWorld Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) sekuyiminyaka isho ukuthi ukuhamba kuyindlela yokuphila yabantu abaningi kulo mhlaba, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubulili babo bunjani. Ngisho nasezikhathini ezinzima kakhulu, iyaqhubeka nokuba yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kubantu emhlabeni jikelele.
UDavid Scowsill, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO, Inkulumo YoMkhandlu Wokuvakasha Nokuvakasha ku-IGLTA Global Convention ngo-2013
Eminyakeni edlule, ezokuvakasha ze-LGBT ziye zabhekana nokukhula okuqhubekayo, ziqashelwa kabanzi njengengxenye ebalulekile nethembisayo yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke. Lesi sigaba singaba inqola enamandla yokuthuthukisa umnotho, ukufakwa komphakathi kanye nokuncintisana kwezindawo zokuvakasha.
Owabe UNWTO Unobhala-Jikelele u-Taleb Rifai ngo-2017
World Tourism Network uxwayisa izivakashi ezivakashela e-Uganda.
Kuphela World Tourism Network waphumela obala enxusa abavakashi kanye nezinkampani zezindiza ezisebenzela e-Uganda ukuthi zixwayise amakhasimende abo ngomthetho omusha uma ususayiniwe.
WTNUsihlalo uJuergen Steinmetz, ophinde abe ngumshicileli we eTurboNews, yenqaba izindatshana zokukhangisa nezokukhangisa ukuthi zishicilelwe mayelana ne-Uganda okwamanje.
Uma lo mthetho usayinwa, abahambi abaya e-Uganda, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bakhetha luphi ubulili, kufanele bazi ngengozi yokuxoxa ngezinkinga ze-LGBTQ e-Uganda noma ukuze i-LGBTQ ivakashele i-Uganda ngokuphelele.
Juergen Steinmetz, uSihlalo World Tourism Network e 2023
Umbhali wase-Uganda kanye nesazi wesifazane u-Rosebell Kagumire uxwayise ngo Tweet ukuthi umthetho unganqabela abantu base-Uganda izindlu, imfundo, kanye “namanye amalungelo ayisisekelo” futhi angasetshenziswa “yizitha zakho, futhi uhulumeni uhlanganisa … kunoma ubani”.
UFlavia Mwangovya, iPhini lomqondisi wesifunda se-Amnesty International, uthe: “Umongameli wase-Uganda kumele aphikise lo mthetho ngokushesha futhi athathe izinyathelo zokuvikela amalungelo abantu bonke, kungakhathalekile ukuthi ungowaluphi ubulili noma ubulili. I-Amnesty International iphinde icele umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi ucindezele ngokushesha uhulumeni wase-Uganda ukuthi avikele amalungelo abantu be-LGBTI ezweni.”
