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At the funeral of the murdered gay activists of the village pastor rails against homosexuals. Then the police must intervene and take him to safety.

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TAZ: 30/01/2011



NAMATABA taz Men love the other, he preaches to the microphone.
The assembled mourners are horrified. Activists from Uganda Association of sexual minorities (SMUG), for which the work Wednesday in his home killed Kato try to snatch the microphone to the pastor. People come running from the village to defend the priest. Suddenly the peaceful funeral turned in her parents' garden of Uganda's most courageous gay activists in a brawl between homosexuals and villagers in Kato's hometown Namataba, about 30 kilometers away from the capital Kampala.

"Kato had to die because the media against us gays rush. The fact that such a thing now with his Funeral happened is horrible, "yells Sandra, close to a transvestite, the tears." We are no longer in Uganda, "he sobs. A handful of police stepping in, finally, the priest pulls out of the angry crowd and escorted him into Kato's home . 'That was for his own safety, "said the responsible police officer. He asked the people go to now. It had all started so peacefully. Hundreds of mourners had gathered in the garden of a small house between banana trees around the open coffin. food was distributed. mother and aunts were kneeling at the coffin under a tent roof. colleagues and friends from Uganda's gay and lesbian scene wore T-shirts, printed with Kato's portrait. Representatives of German, Irish and U.S. embassies laid wreaths. SMUG partner organizations from the United States, South Africa and Kenya had sent condolences. Even a letter of solidarity was read by Barack Obama.

Kato was killed on Wednesday by hammer blows to the head at his home. Police said on Friday premature, a thief had strangled him. "We have arrested a suspect and search for a former roommate and Kato's employees as the main suspects. There was no evidence that Kato was killed because of his activities as a gay activist.

In a speech at the open coffin invite representatives of SMUG the authorities to investigate properly. Kato's colleague Julian SMUG Pepe says she was on the phone two hours before the murder with Kato. He had reported death threats, was afraid for his life, she says, crying. Sylvia Tamale, a law professor at Uganda's Makerere University, turns in her speech to the government: "Are you happy now to have a gay less in Uganda