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'{{short description|Ugandan accountant and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = David Bahati | image = David Bahati.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_place = Ndorwa, Kabale District, Uganda | nationality = Ugandan | alma_mater = '''[[Makerere University]]'''<br/> {{small|([[Bachelor of Commerce]])}}<br/>'''[[Cardiff University]]''' <br/>{{small|([[Master of Business Administration]])}}<br/> '''[[Association of Chartered Certified Accountants]]'''<br/>{{small|([[Association of Chartered Certified Accountants|Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant]])}} | occupation = Accountant and politician | years_active = 1996 – present | spouse = | title = Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Industry)<br/>[[Cabinet of Uganda]] }} '''David Bahati''' is a [[Uganda]]n accountant and politician. He is the Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Industry) in the [[Cabinet of Uganda]]. He was appointed to that position in a cabinet reshuffle on 9 June 2021. He was previously the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) <ref name="Shuffle">{{cite web | title=Full Cabinet List As At 1 March 2015 | accessdate=1 March 2015 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/2639388/data/956667/-/oq6gpdz/-/cabinet.pdf | newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] (Kampala) | last=Uganda State House | date=1 March 2015 | archive-date=9 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709092825/http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/2639388/data/956667/-/oq6gpdz/-/cabinet.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> replacing [[Matia Kasaija]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-01/uganda-s-museveni-promotes-matia-kasaija-to-finance-minister | title=Uganda's Museveni Promotes Matia Kasaija To Finance Minister | accessdate=2 March 2015 | date=1 March 2015 | first=David | last=Malingha | publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> He is a member of the [[National Resistance Movement (NRM)]], the ruling party and is the Chairperson NRM Kabale District. He is a [[Member of Parliament]] for Ndorwa County West Constituency , [[Kabale District]], in the [[Parliament of Uganda]]<ref name="Parliament">{{cite web |title=Parliament of Uganda | url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=339&const=Ndorwa+County+West&dist_id=55&distname=Kabale | access-date=3 October 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716111330/http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=339&const=Ndorwa+County+West&dist_id=55&distname=Kabale | archive-date=16 July 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is chief of the [[The Uganda Scouts Association|Scout Board of Uganda]]. He is the Chairperson of the Uganda National Prayer Breakfast Fellowship. <ref>{{cite web | title=Early Day Motion 874 | url=http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=40483&Session=903 |publisher=UK Parliament | date=22 February 2010 | access-date=16 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423145348/http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=40483&SESSION=903 | archive-date=23 April 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Education== Bahati is a Fellow of the Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). He received a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree from [[Makerere University]], a [[Master of Business Administration|Master of Business Administration (MBA)]] degree from [[Cardiff University]], an executive certificate in strategic management from the [[Wharton School]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], an executive certificate in campaign leadership from the [[Leadership Institute]], and a diploma in business English from the [[Manchester Business School]].<ref name="Parliament"/> [[Carl Cooper]], former bishop of [[St. Davids]], said, "It was wonderful to discover that the local MP, Mr David Bahati, also had a Master's degree from the University of Wales and had spent time studying in Cardiff. Wales’ influence often stretches further than we realise."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/press/display_press_release.php?prid=4461 | title=Bishop of St Davids appeals for help for people in Uganda | publisher=The Church in Wales | first=Anna | last=Morrell | date=21 June 2007 | access-date=16 October 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607060107/http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/press/display_press_release.php?prid=4461 | archive-date=7 June 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/bishop-pours-out-water-life-2252542|title= Bishop pours out the waters of life in Africa | publisher=Wales online | date=19 May 2007 | accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref> Before entering politics, Bahati was head of finance and administration at Uganda's Population Secretariat.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} ==Introduction of Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill== Bahati came to international attention in October 2009 after introducing the [[Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill]] as a [[Private Member's Bill]] on 13 October proposing that a new offence be created in Uganda named "aggravated [[LGBT rights in Uganda|homosexuality]]" which would be punishable as a [[capital offence]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/ugandan-mp-proposes-that-gays-should-be-executed/|title= Ugandan MP proposes that gays should be executed|publisher= Pink News|first= Jessica|last= Geen|date= 15 October 2009|accessdate= 16 October 2009}}</ref> The proposals included plans to introduce the death penalty for gay adults who had sex with those of the same sex under 18, with disabled people, or when the accused party is [[HIV]]-positive,<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8308912.stm|title= Uganda MP urges death for gay sex|work= BBC News|date= 15 October 2009|accessdate= 16 October 2009}}</ref> or for those previously convicted of homosexuality-related offences. Journalist and gay rights activist [[Jeff Sharlet (writer)|Jeff Sharlet]] (winner of the [[International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission]]'s Outspoken Award) claims that in a private conversation Bahati expressed a desire to "kill every last gay person."<ref name="root">{{Cite news |title=Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda |publisher=NPR |date=25 August 2010 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129422524}}</ref> Sharlet suggested that the bill came about as a result of Bahati's membership in the Christian group [[The Family (Christian political organization)|The Family]].<ref name="secretpolitical">{{cite news |title=The Secret Political Reach Of 'The Family' |author=Terry Gross |newspaper=[[Fresh Air]] from [[WHYY-FM]] |date=24 November 2009 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120746516 |quote=Well, the legislator that introduced the bill, a guy named David Bahati, is a member of The Family. He appears to be a core member of The Family. He works, he organizes their Ugandan National Prayer Breakfast and oversees an African sort of student leadership program designed to create future leaders for Africa, into which The Family has poured millions of dollars working through a very convoluted chain of linkages passing the money over to Uganda. |at=22m:02s duration: 30s}} Transcript available at: {{cite web |title=The Secret Political Reach Of 'The Family' |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=120746516 |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=30 November 2009}}</ref> He revealed that Bahati reportedly first floated the idea of the bill (which at that time included the death penalty for homosexual assaults on minors, disabled people, or by knowingly HIV positive men) during The Family's Uganda National Prayer Breakfast in 2008.<ref name=Maddow1209>{{cite web |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34362943/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/ |title=Guests: Jeff Sharlet, etc. Transcript |work=[[The Rachel Maddow Show]] |date=9 December 2009 |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |accessdate=23 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110122244/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34362943/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/ |archive-date=10 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bob Hunter, a member of The Family, gave an interview to [[NPR]] in December 2009 in which he acknowledged Bahati's connection but argued that no American associates support the bill.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Different Perspective On 'The Family' And Uganda|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121755993&ps=cprs |publisher=NPR |date=22 December 2009|accessdate=24 December 2009}}</ref> After news of the gay execution law broke, Bahati was disinvited from the 2010 [[U.S. National Prayer Breakfast]].<ref name=Maddow1209/> Bahati was interviewed by [[Rachel Maddow]] in December 2010. Bahati asserted that $15 million had been invested in Uganda to recruit children.<ref>[http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7061&MediaType=1&Category=26 On 'Rachel Maddow,' Uganda's David Bahati Says He Loves Gays], retrieved 10 December 2010</ref> When pressed by Maddow for "recruitment" tactics, he stated that "They go to a school, teach them, entice them with money, to lure them into this practice". Bahati asserted that videos are being circulated in Uganda that state that "a man sleeping with a man is okay," which were being used for "recruitment". Maddow challenged this assertion, stating that "recruitment of children by gays is a common myth in any and all countries that have debated laws like that proposed in Uganda."<ref name=Maddow1209/> Bahati made clear in the interview that the law he is proposing will go through the democratic process of Uganda and be debated upon. In addition to this, Bahati believes that America should respect its sovereignty as well as the fact that Ugandan law will have jurisdiction on Ugandans only.<ref>[http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2010/12/09/5614680-rachel-maddowdavid-bahati-full-interview?lite Rachel Maddow/David Bahati -- full interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220015103/http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2010/12/09/5614680-rachel-maddowdavid-bahati-full-interview?lite |date=20 February 2013 }}, The Maddow Blog, 9 December 2010</ref> On 20 December 2013, the [[Parliament of Uganda]] passed the [[Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014]] with the death penalty proposal dropped in favour of life in prison.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ugandan MPs pass life in jail anti-homosexual law|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25463942|website=BBC|accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref> The bill was signed into law by the [[President of Uganda]] on 24 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Uganda's President signs anti-gay bill into law |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/24/world/africa/uganda-anti-gay-bill |work=[[CNN News]] |date=24 February 2014 |accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Museveni signs Uganda anti-gay bill | url=http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Museveni-signs-Uganda-anti-gay-bill-20140224 |work=[[NEWS24]] |accessdate=24 February 2014 | date=24 February 2014}}</ref> On 1 August 2014, however, the [[Politics of Uganda#Judiciary|Constitutional Court of Uganda]] ruled the Act invalid on procedural grounds.<ref name=GuardianAug>{{cite news |title=Uganda anti-gay law challenged in court |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/uganda-anti-gay-law-constitutional-court |accessdate=1 August 2014 |work=The Guardian |agency=AFP |date=31 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=BBCAug>{{cite news |title=Uganda court annuls anti-gay law |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28605400 |accessdate=1 August 2014 |work=BBC News |date=1 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=TimesAug>{{cite news |title=Uganda constitutional court annuls new anti-gay law |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2014/08/01/uganda-constitutional-court-annuls-new-anti-gay-law |accessdate=1 August 2014 |work=Times LIVE |agency=AFP |date=1 August 2014}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Kabale District]] * [[LGBT social movements]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716111330/http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=339&const=Ndorwa+County+West&dist_id=55&distname=Kabale Information page for Bahati on Ugandan parliament website] * [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ugandan-media-politicians-campaign-against-homosexuality-1.903185 Ugandan media, politicians campaign against homosexuality. Carolyn Dunn, CBC News, last updated 26 November 2010 (includes audio interview with David Bahati)]. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bahati, David}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of Cardiff University]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]] [[Category:Makerere University alumni]] [[Category:National Resistance Movement politicians]] [[Category:People from Kabale District]] [[Category:Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni]] [[Category:Ugandan accountants]] [[Category:People from Western Region, Uganda]] [[Category:Members of the Parliament of Uganda]] [[Category:21st-century Ugandan politicians]]'