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Yoweri Museveni declines to sign anti-LGBTQ Bill

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during an interview in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the central region of Uganda, Jan. 16, 2022. [VOA]

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni declined to sign a bill that would require the death penalty for homosexuality in some cases and sent it back to Parliament for "strengthening."

Museveni's decision was announced late Thursday after he met with lawmakers in his ruling National Resistance Movement party, almost all of whom supported the bill.

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