{UAH} Political calculations behind the anti-gay Act

Museveni and NRM whose popularity has plummeted at home and abroad are trying populist agendas to regain support of conservative groups at home and abroad for 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.

Museveni has possibly figured out that development partners will complain but will not reduce aid to Uganda or even prevent Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa from becoming President of the United Nations General Assembly for one year starting in September 2014.

Eric