President Yoweri Museveni has criticised the promotion of condom use saying it is pushing many young people into sex.

Mr Museveni was on Friday speaking as chief guest, when Parliament was commemorating 25 years of HIV/Aids in Kasensero, Rakai District where the first HIV case was identified last Friday. The theme of the function was, "25 years of HIV/Aids on the rise again. What are you doing?" "I don't fight the use of condoms but it pushes our children to have sex with people they do not trust," he said. "We are telling them that have sex as long as you have gloves".

He equated the use of condoms to people who protect themselves to get honey from the beehive. "People are now like bees. You are looking for honey but the bees want to sting you. Condom education is not good. I would not advise children to use them. Those were meant for prostitutes."

The first case of HIV/Aids was identified in Rakai district, Kasensero landing site in 1982. The chairperson of the Parliamentary committee on HIV/Aids Mr Elioda Tumwesigye said out of over one million people are living with HIV, less than half of them have access to ARVs.

Mr Museveni also called for a legislation that would see people who infect others with HIV/Aids intentionally hanged. "Somebody is aware that he/she has Aids but they go ahead and infect others. I will strongly support such a law," he said. But the chairperson of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Mr Livingston Ssewanyana, said hanging is a violation of human rights and cannot stop the crimes. He instead suggested life imprisonment.

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