Uganda backtracks on festival cancelled over sex, gays and the devil

Revellers dance to the tunes at the Nyege Nyege festival in Jinja in September last year. PHOTO | SQOOP | DAILY MONITOR

A Ugandan music festival was reinstated Wednesday following a public outcry after the country's ethics minister banned it as an orgy of homosexuality, nudity and drugs akin to "devil worship".

Ethics and integrity minister Simon Lokodo, a fervent Christian and prominent homophobe, on Tuesday declared the cancellation of the popular Nyege Nyege music festival.