Legalise gays and prostitutes 'over my dead body'

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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Pono Moatlhodi was in his element when he told a gathering at Cresta President Hotel yesterday that he is against legalisation of prostitution and homosexuality in Botswana.

Speaking at an event to bid farewell to the outgoing Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) executive director Uyapo Ndadi, Moatlhodi said he will never agree for sex work or allow gay marriage in Botswana. “Over my dead body. If Tanzania is doing it, we cannot do it,” said Moatlhodi.

He said homosexuality is a foreign culture and our forefathers will turn in their graves if it was allowed to happen.

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