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– There has been a ban on gay in Uganda. This led to a British theatre producer being arrested yesterday in Uganda for staging a play about a gay man in Kampala.
In Uganda, homosexuality is a crime. The proposed legislation currently before parliament would see the death penalty introduced for certain homosexual acts. Public discussion of homosexuality (including by rights groups) would be punished by up to seven years in jail.
Ibin Ssenkumbi, a spokesman for the Kampala police, told AFP, “Producer David Cecil will stay in jail till Monday when his hearing is expected to come up. There are two charges preferred against him, one of disobeying lawful orders contrary to the penal code and another of staging the play which was still under review,”
The play that led to the harsh ruling is dubbed as, The River and The Mountain. It was staged at several venues around Kampala last month despite a ban by Uganda’s media council, the government media authority, on the play pending review of the script.

This play looks at the plight of a man who comes out as homosexual and the motivations of Uganda’s raucous anti-gay lobby. The play was written by British playwright Beau Hopkins but directed and performed by Ugandans.