RE: ugnet_: Mengo asks Museveni to ban nude dances (ekimansulo)

[Ed Kironde]

I think the government can regulate nude dances without tampering with people’s free speech!   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Omar Kezimbira Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 6:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Mengo asks Museveni to ban nude dances (ekimansulo)   Nude dances irk Mengo By Mercy Nalugo< Nov 15, 2003 -Monitor MENGO - A senior official at Mengo has asked President Yoweri Museveni to ban nude dances, popularly known as ekimansulo, saying they will undo Uganda's gains in the fight against HIV/Aids. "When the president came out strongly against the homosexuals, they went underground. He should equally condemn the nude dancing," the Minister of Education and Sports in the Buganda Kingdom, Mr J.C. Muyingo, said. He was presiding at the Open Day for Makindye Junior Academy in Luwafu last week. Muyingo said the nude dance promoters are envying Uganda's success story in the fight against HIV/Aids. "It's a contradiction for a government credited for having a success story in the fight against Aids to allow young girls dance naked on stage as men watch," he said. "It's a tragedy; this country is doomed." Muyingo also asked government to facilitate a cultural and religious leaders campaign against certain western cultural practices. "There seems to be a ploy to force bad cultures on us. We survived this campaign in the colonial era but it has been re-introduced with big money following it," he said.   © 2003 The Monitor Publications Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 11/10/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 11/10/2003