"His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda, General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has executed his constitutional mandate as prescribed by Article 91 of the Constitution. He has assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Act," Among said in a tweet.
Having been passed by parliament, President Museveni returned the Anti-Homosexuality bill back to parliament for improvement. The Attorney General, who is the chief legal advisor for government said the new law provides for mandatory death sentence for a person convicted of aggravated homosexuality which he said is in contravention with articles 21, 22, 28, 44 and 44 of the Constitution.
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