"Museveni's move to ban female circumcision is in line with other countries and organizations that have sought to decrease the prevalence of female circumcision, also known as female genital cutting or female genital mutilation. The practice involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia and creates scar tissue that can cause complications during labor.

But in nearby Kenya and Tanzania, where female genital mutilation is illegal, the practice is still rampant because people are not sensitized to the health consequences of circumcision and laws are not enforced, said Godfrey Odongo, an Amnesty International Uganda researcher." Read more

This is great news considering that FGM is postulated to contribute to the increasing feminisation of the HIV epidemic in various ways. The immediate mode of HIV infection is the use of filthy and shared blades to remove the labia and clitorus followed by a life long susceptibility to infections like herpes that further increase vulnerability to HIV infection through unprotected penetrative sex.