Uganda’s controversial HIV\/Aids Prevention and Control Bill that, among others, criminalises the intentional spread of HIV\/Aids.<\/p>\n
The lawmakers who sit on the joint Parliamentary Health and HIV\/Aids committees have supported a contested proposal that makes it a crime for those who \u201cwillfully and intentionally\u201d transmit HIV\/Aids to others.<\/p>\n
The MPs who are making final touches to the private members\u2019 Bill reasoned that criminalising the intentional spread would act as a long-term solution to combating the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
Whereas the MPs had removed a clause which subjects offenders who intentionally infect others with HIV to life imprisonment and replaced it with a 10-year imprisonment penalty upon conviction, they stayed over the clause yesterday saying the punishment must be revised and a heavier one re-introduced.<\/p>\n
{{Grave offence}}<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to make the punishment stiffer because the offence seems to be of a grave nature,\u201d said Ms Connie Galiwango,(Mbale women). The law makers have resisted pressure from human rights activists, who are opposed to some clauses in the Bill. <\/p>\n
The human rights activists say that some clauses particularly on criminalisation of HIV and mandatory testing are unnecessary and violate international human rights standards.<\/p>\n
The Bill, a private members\u2019 initiative, was tabled by legislators on the Parliamentary HIV\/Aids Committee during the 8th Parliament and has been pending for some time.<\/p>\n
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