Can adoption of the 'Kill the Gays' bill in Uganda be avoided?

From the documentary Call Me Kuchu, evidence of the witch hunts of 2010.
The newspaper's other headline read "Hang them." The infamous "Kill the Gays" bill is back and as of Tuesday moved to the top of the section titled 'Notice of Business to Follow' in the Ugandan Parliament. The speaker is intent on delivering it as a "Christmas present" to the Ugandan people.

There are widely circulated reports that the death penalty has been stripped from the bill. These mainstream media reports, from outlets like Associated Press, Reuters and others, are almost certainly in error.

With the definitive headline, "Uganda's anti-gay bill won't contain death penalty," the Associated Press repeats claims from the bill's lead sponsor:

Parliamentarian David Bahati said the bill, which is expected to be voted on next month, had "moved away from the death penalty after considering all the issues that have been raised."

"There is no death penalty," he told The Associated Press.

Mainstream media have repeated these claims credulously, even though there is already a long history of of these very same actors lying about these claims in the past. I guess they figure if you can't trust the author of a genocidal bill, who can you trust?

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