The summons, initially issued in November 2024, was extended on Monday when the complainant in this case, Steven Kalali, appeared to follow up on the matter. The summons were extended until February 26, 2025.
Kalali contests Section 115 of the Penal Code Act, which criminalizes indecent assaults and insulting the modesty of a woman or girl, punishable by 14 years or 1-year imprisonment, respectively.
Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Regional Police Spokesperson, says that parents concentrate more in drinking alcohol and neglect their roles in bringing up their children leaving them exposed to “sexual predators.”
Basalirwa told the House that there is a need to improve the Penal Code Act, which was enacted by British colonialists to prohibit recruitment, promotion, and funding of same-sex practices because the vice threatens the continuity of the family, the safety of children, and the continuation of humanity through reproduction.
The judges note that since Besigye argues that there is no validly elected government, it implies that there are no legally constituted courts of law and therefore they can’t grant him the remedies he is seeking.
“By copy, hereof, the Executive Director Kampala City Council Authority is also asked to comply with the directive of H.E the President of the Republic of Uganda,” Ochola directs. ‘Idle and disorderly’ laws form part of what are usually referred to as ‘vagrancy laws.’
