Ugandan MPs have passed a controversial bill that will ban miniskirts.
The anti-pornography bill, which also outlaws overtly sexual material including music videos, was voted through after a short debate.
When Simon Lokodo, Uganda’s ethics and integrity minister, proposed the legislation earlier this year, he said that women who wore “anything above the knee” should be arrested.
The bill needs to be approved by the president before becoming law.
Uganda is a socially conservative country – it is also considering legislation to increase the punishment for homosexual acts, including the death penalty in some cases.
Monitor newspaper says the new legislation will outlaw material which shows parts of the body including breasts, thighs and buttocks, or any erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement.
It will also ban anything that shows indecent acts or behaviour intended to corrupt morals, the paper reports.
The BBC’s Catherine Byaruhanga in the capital, Kampala, says the new rules could affect Uganda’s popular tabloid papers.
Happy
December 22, 2013 at 9:52 am
Nice move.bring that to Zed also
Piss off
December 22, 2013 at 10:00 am
Nice one hope see implementation manje bantu bazayamba mabombasa
666
December 22, 2013 at 10:21 am
(far-Q zed leaders ) i mean pa zed it cant happen our govmnt is very weak they ar just strong when it comes kuli corruption.
BBC
December 22, 2013 at 11:55 am
CAN ONE OF THE MOST VOCAL PM/ MINISTER TO TAKE THIS TO PARLIAMENT. IT’S SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE SENSE OUT OF IT. WE START WITH WIND SHOPPING THE BUY LATER ON. SO LET IT BE COMPLIMENTED IN ZAMBIA.
the aka.
December 22, 2013 at 12:20 pm
can a sensible minister please read this to know how others are running national matters in other countries…?
mmc
December 22, 2013 at 12:59 pm
nice move bt in Zambia it is imposible. cos prostitutes they wl luz clients(vagina nd breasts buyers) nd others
Shottas
December 22, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Now prostitutes are gonna suffer coz we pay them for wat they give us.boobies and booties we can’t live without them
Air Mukwai_
December 22, 2013 at 3:33 pm
This is backward. Let ladies wear mini-skirts.
Fashion evolves and mini-skirts evolved from “imibinde” small animal skin covering just a V-shape and only bums from behind. If anything G-strings also evolved from imibinde.
Higher Taller
December 22, 2013 at 7:04 pm
Mwebantu Who says a weak govt is one that allows minis? A govt that bans minis is not strong but tyrannical. Men should realise that women cannot be targeted for ****** legislation just because men are too weak to control their sexual lust. That thinking is for the Middle East and the Middle ages. The world has male and female so learn to live with that
Higher Taller
December 22, 2013 at 7:05 pm
Stoopid legislation (Thats whats been censored above)
Mwaka
December 22, 2013 at 11:34 pm
That’s right. Soon buquars will be introduced. And we should pack our bags and move to Saudi Arabia.
666
December 22, 2013 at 8:41 pm
you are blind pa zambia bafikala fyenu thats why you wil nt go far, you’r being ruled like pigs, some1 suppotin this rubbish coz ubwamba bwakwe bwima ngainkoko apaliponse kutomba.
bigbuttman
December 22, 2013 at 9:43 pm
Garbage.
Air Mukwai_
December 23, 2013 at 12:41 am
After all, the beauty of a lady is more appreciated when she’s naked.
Kolobingo
December 23, 2013 at 8:57 am
Nice move. Please introduce this in Zambia
KA GELO
December 23, 2013 at 11:36 am
I will not stop wearing minis, come rain or sunshine.
kap
December 23, 2013 at 12:53 pm
I LIKE THE MOVE.Zambians should also debate it in parliament
Mukombe Wamano
December 23, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Foolish legislation this is trivial fight Poverty and hunger not this nonsense.
melanin man
December 23, 2013 at 2:47 pm
Ka GELO waba ichinyo