[19] The memorandum to the bill[20] stated that its object was to 'establish a comprehensive and enhanced legislation to protect the traditional family' by The memorandum further said that the bill sought to address 'gaps' in existing legislation, which did not clearly provide for 'charging, investigating, prosecuting, convicting and sentencing' of offenders under then existing prohibitions of homosexuality.

[23] The majority found that 'the prohibition against homosexuality is entrenched in the laws of Uganda and our cherished and shared cultural norms and values.

[26] The Director of Public Prosecutions submitted that the provisions of the bill should be made as amendments to the Penal Code to avoid fragmentation of the statute book.

[26] The majority responded that '[h]omosexuality is a unique offence', and cited the example of legislation specially dealing with terrorism and corruption.

[36] It proposed that 'grooming of persons to engage in homosexuality' should be prohibited, and that such provision should 'cater for all the methods through which homosexuality…[is] promoted, including in academic institutions'.

[36] The majority recommended 'different penalties for children offenders',[37] the deletion of offences 'based on…appearance' without reference to conduct,[38] and further definition of 'gender' and sex'.

Fox Odoi-Oywelowo and Paul Kwizera Bucyana, who presented the minority report, were the only two MPs to openly oppose the proposal.

[1][41] After the debate, Odoi said that he had been 'permitted…as a minority member to have [his] say, the majority have had their way and that's how democracy works',[40] while Speaker Anita Among praised the passage of the draft law and 'thank[ed] [her]self for taking a bold decision'.

[40] Following discussions on the avoidance of duplication of provisions of the Penal Code, the Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi, said that the government was prepared to support the bill.

[42] NTV Uganda further reported that the parliamentary caucus of the ruling National Resistance Movement had called upon the President to return the bill to parliament for redrafting,[43] which Museveni did on the same day.

[48] The man's lawyer, Justine Balya, confirmed that he will remain in custody until his case is heard by the High Court, given it was a capital offense.

[53]In March 2023, Frank Mugisha, head of Sexual Minorities Uganda, said that the bill could lead to homelessness and loss of access to healthcare.

[54] Chapter Four Uganda said that the bill did 'not meet constitutional and international human rights standards'; it said that it 'condemn[ed] all forms of sexual violence against children and adults, no matter the sexual orientation or gender identity of the perpetrator', and called on Parliament to take a 'human rights compliant approach'.

[55] The Regional Director for East and Southern Africa of Amnesty International said that the President should veto the bill, which amounted to 'a grave assault on LGBTI people' and was 'contemptuous of the Ugandan constitution'; he further called it 'ambiguous' and 'vaguely worded'.

According to Türk, the bill was 'discriminatory' and 'probably among the worst of its kind in the world','confuse[d] consensual and non-consensual relations', the former of which 'should never be criminalized', and the latter of which should be prohibited without reference to gender or sexual orientation, and conflicted with Uganda's constitution and international obligations.

[25][58][59] John Kirby, spokesman for the US national security council, said that the US government would consider economic and financial repercussions.

[63] On 19 April 2023, the European Parliament passed by a vote of 416 to 62, with 38 abstentions, a resolution concerning LGBT rights which included a formal condemnation of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023.

Most of the votes against were cast by right-wing MEPs from Hungary, Italy, and Poland, and came as a result of the text of the resolution accusing the aforementioned countries of being anti-LGBT.

[68] British Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell strongly criticised the law, referring to it as "deeply discriminatory".

"[71] In October 2023, United States President Joe Biden announced that Uganda would be expelled from the group of sub-Saharan African countries that benefit from tax breaks provided under the United States African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) because of the country's "gross violations of internationally recognized human rights" which violate AGOA eligibility criteria.