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In a veiled attack of his biggest challenger, Bobi Wine, the president said: “The homosexuals in Europe are young. Are you going to support the homosexuals because they are young? People taking drugs are young. Are we also going to take drugs such that you can support us? Let’s us ignore these jokers and concentrate on the message of NRM because that is what is going to work.”

This pair will celebrate America’s diversity From the moment that Harris, in suffragette white, appeared on stage to the strains of Mary J Blige’s Work That, it was clear that this pair of leaders would celebrate America as it is – not hearken back to the whiter America of the past. Biden celebrated “the broadest and most diverse coalition in history – Democrats, Republicans, independents, progressives, moderates, conservatives, young, old urban, suburban, rural, gay, straight, transgender, white, Latino, Asian, Native Americans,” as well as “the African American community”, which he especially praised for standing up for him “when this campaign was at its lowest ebb”.

With 61% of respondents being the victims of torture — one of the report’s alarming findings — the need for the government to offer greater protection of Ugandan LGBTI people could not be more urgent.