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Going to accept that, so its like they are throwing us away from accessing the health service provision. and if you look at the bill itself, it also condemns people who give us housing. like, if someone is found giving housing to an lgbt person, they will be sentenced to prison for ten years, so this bill is going to affect... let me call it a law because its no longer a bill — this law is going to affect a lot of us. it already started affecting us when it was still in parliament. president b...

Correspondent, david willis. the reaction from the white house has been very stern indeed, a five—paragraph statement release condemning the passage of this law in uganda and warning of possible sanctions, warning as well of a possible barring of ugandan officials involved in implementing these sort of laws from accessing the united states of america. there is a particular concern here, and that has also been expressed by the us state department in a separate statement, about the impact of thi...

Homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. we see that the more the states do this, the more the lgbt+ is impacted. so this bill, as it is signed now into law by president mr veni is having real consequences on the lgbt+ individuals in uganda but also across the region. i also spoke to activist

Because weve also heard from the republican senator from texas, ted cruz. he said that this was a grotesque law and, as he put it, monica, an abomination. as you bring up that issue of hiv—aids treatment, that is of great concern. the us gives a substantial amount of money to uganda. do we see that they may start pulling back on this? that is possible. about $1 billion a year almost, its been estimated, and there is every chance of that, and of course there are other things that will come unde...

His plans for the country. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin a warning from president biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti—homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri musveeni. in a statement, joe biden said... in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying...

They got attention, not the kind they wanted, but they raised a bunch of money, and it wont -- for someone who has been the communications director for many campaigns -- as john heilemann listens to tina turner on his phone there. >> what are you doing? >> give me your phone. >> its fair. >> small glitch. mika, youve had these before. >> wait. >> that was bill clinton -- >> dont you put this on me. >> -- in 1992. i was doing research for this segment. >> excitement for your campaign. >> he was s...

A team that is going to challenge the act in the court. and they have already put there the petition, and we are willing that its successful in the courts of law, because the team is big and very knowledgeable. and we think everything will go well, hopefully. what has your experience been like as a trans person in uganda? of course, my experience as a trans person in uganda hasnt been good. there is a lot of discrimination in the lgbt community in general. ever since this bill was tabled in parl...

Everyone was tensed up, the situation was not good. we are so scared, thats what i can tell you, because we didnt expect the bill to be signed as soon as today. though we knew that one day he will sign the bill, the president will sign the bill, we did not expect it to come in as soon as today. you can never prepare for bad news. the international community is already lashing out at ugandan officials. wejust heard from presidentjoe biden, thoughts from officials in the uk. this was similar a bil...

Waste of time in which we are not dealing with other important matters in this country. >> it is a, really an abomination for the leading economic military -- the other countries that does this, by the way, is denmark, little denmark. what they have said -- they will never reach it. were the only ones who are playing russian roulette, with not only our conemaugh, but the world economy. you know, i really do hold democrats somewhat responsible for this, they had the white house, they had both hou...

For the campaign. that they got some attention, not the kind that they wanted, but they raised a bunch of money. and this wont matter in the long term. but as somebody who is that communications director of many campaigns, in the white house, as john listen system tina turner over on his phone there. >> what are you doing? give me your phone. >> it was a small glitch. mickey youve had these before. that was bill clinton. in 1992. i was doing some research for this segment. [laughter] >> i though...