Parliament Stops Nyege Nyege Festival, Says It Is Immoral, Evil

 

Parliament has stopped the ‘Nyege Nyege’ festival, an annual social event scheduled to take place next week in Jinja.

The Speaker of the House Anita Among stated during plenary on Tuesday, 6th/09/2022  that the House “will not permit the event to take place.”

“We are discussing the morality of this nation; we are discussing our kids. You want to advance tourism at the expense of our kids, right? We won’t permit this activity to take place,” Among declared.

However, it remains to be seen whether Parliament has the power to stop an event which is not in its ambit.

Nyege Nyege, according to Tororo Woman MP Hon Sarah Opendi, is a breeding ground for sexual immorality. It was to be held on the Nile River’s banks at Itanda Falls.

According to the festival’s organisers, their event focuses on electronic music scenes across Africa, as well as sounds from the global diaspora and others.

However, many stakeholders have criticised the event since its inception for encouraging homosexuality and sexual immorality.

Father Simon Lokodo, the deceased former Ethics minister, requested that the event be cancelled in 2018, claiming that it promotes homosexuality and moral decay. But he was defeated.