Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has promulgated one of the most severe anti-LGBTI laws in the world. The new law punishes with sentences of up to 20 years in prison the "promotion of homosexuality" The speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, Anita Annet Among, said: "We have responded to the cry of our people" Ugandan LGBTI activists have reacted with outrage, filing an appeal with the Constitutional Court signed by ten people, myself among them.