[size=15pt]Ugandan MPs pass law to ban miniskirts[/size]

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The new legislation will outlaw any material showing parts of the body intended to cause sexual excitement

Ugandan MPs have passed a controversial bill that will ban miniskirts.

The anti-pornography bill, which also outlaws overtly sexual material including music videos, was voted through after a short debate.

When Simon Lokodo, Uganda's ethics and integrity minister, proposed the legislation earlier this year, he said that women who wore "anything above the knee" should be arrested.

The bill needs to be approved by the president before becoming law.

Uganda is a socially conservative country - it is also considering legislation to increase the punishment for homosexual acts, including the death penalty in some cases.

According to Uganda's private Monitor newspaper, the new legislation will outlaw material which shows parts of the body including breasts, thighs and buttocks, or any erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement.

It will also ban anything that shows indecent acts or behaviour intended to corrupt morals, the paper reports.

The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in the capital, Kampala, says the new rules could affect Uganda's popular tabloid papers.

This is the NEWs. As in anything above the kneel... not showing anything that might cause protruding effect in guys... hahaha

Hahaha that kind law for 9ja no go bad o...all those girls when they confuse our aristo them go dey tie wrapper.

Elliotwiz1: Hahaha that kind law for 9ja no go bad o...all those girls when they confuse our aristo them go dey tie wrapper.

That's uncalled for, it still won't stop imorality. Buh that kind law for naija, unthinkable

dre247: That's uncalled for, it still won't stop imorality.

it will, most of the people who go about raping females were influenced by the kind of motion pictures they watch And sometimes how the victim dressed. The government is trying to reduce immorality by enacting laws that regulates what people watch and wear

Elliotwiz1: it will, most of the people who go about raping females were influenced by the kind of motion pictures they watch And sometimes how the victim dressed. The government is trying to reduce immorality by enacting laws that regulates what people watch and wear

Thank you o... Please tell them.