Parliament- Undisclosed MPs and ministers have been notified of visa restriction because of their public utterances during the passing of the disputed Anti-Homosexuality Act, which makes gay sex punishable with life imprisonment.
International Affairs minister Okello Oryem told MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday that some MPs and ministers will find difficulties travelling to certain countries in the West. However, the minister did not name the countries.
The minister was responding to a question from Helen Grace Asamo (PWDs, Eastern) on whether there were undisclosed plans to ban MPs from travelling to certain countries because of the passing of the Anti-Homosexual Law.
On the Anti-Homosexuality Law, I want to assure members that it is only a few MPs and ministers who are targeted and they know themselves, Mr Oryem said.
They (ministers and MPs) will always have difficulties getting visas and if they do get the visas, then, they will certainly find problems going through particular international airports because of the manner they handled the Anti-Homosexuality Law and their utterances towards homosexuals, he added.
When MPs led by the committee chairperson, Dr Sam Okuonzi and Mr Fred Ebil (Kole) demanded that the minister names the affected politicians and the countries that have slapped the visa bans, he said those affected have been contacted individually.
International Affairs minister Okello Oryem told MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday that some MPs and ministers will find difficulties travelling to certain countries in the West. However, the minister did not name the countries.
The minister was responding to a question from Helen Grace Asamo (PWDs, Eastern) on whether there were undisclosed plans to ban MPs from travelling to certain countries because of the passing of the Anti-Homosexual Law.
On the Anti-Homosexuality Law, I want to assure members that it is only a few MPs and ministers who are targeted and they know themselves, Mr Oryem said.
They (ministers and MPs) will always have difficulties getting visas and if they do get the visas, then, they will certainly find problems going through particular international airports because of the manner they handled the Anti-Homosexuality Law and their utterances towards homosexuals, he added.
When MPs led by the committee chairperson, Dr Sam Okuonzi and Mr Fred Ebil (Kole) demanded that the minister names the affected politicians and the countries that have slapped the visa bans, he said those affected have been contacted individually.