Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” law cost the country as much a $1.6 billion in its first year

They’ve been brainwashed by American evangelicals.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/19/africa-uganda-evangelicals-homophobia-antigay-bill/

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/uganda-anti-lgbtq-bill-rcna76630

Bigotry is literally due to western colonialism in many places in the first place. How many instances of what used to be a cultures version of queer people were erased and demonized by colonizing nations in history?

A lot of cultures used to have third genders and even might have thought highly of them, having them be shamans or other prestigious positions

And Russian playbook.

This is the core philosophy of social conservatism. They don't want to fix problems, they want to give you someone else to blame and stoke up your anger while telling you they will punish those people.

Open for Business identified eight key areas in which the AHA has impacted Uganda’s economy, including international aid, foreign direct investment, tourism and national reputation, public health, national productivity, policing and legal costs, human capital and talent flight, and trade relations.

I'd recommend reading the article, it explains the details pretty well.