LEGABIBO welcomes homosexuality bill deferral :: Mmegi Online

Human rights and advocacy lobby group, LEGABIBO has expressed pleasure at government's decision to defer any decision on the homosexuality bill that was being debated in Parliament yesterday.

The decision follows Minister of Justice Machana Shamukuni's announcement during a session that he has deferred the Panel Code Amendment Bill No.29 of 2022 to allow for a rigorous examination of the constitutional issues raised with his ministry regarding the bill before it could be debated in the House.

LEGABIBO, which won a landmark case in 2021 after the apex court upheld a High Court decision on decriminalised consensual sex between same-sex partners, has indicated in a press statement that while some view the deferral of the bill debate as a setback, for movement it is a win. The group emphasised the matter should have never reached the debate stage in Parliament from the onset.

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