- A fr ican ▁about ▁me . ▁U g anda ▁is ▁where ▁I ▁was ▁born , ▁grew ▁up ▁and ▁call ▁my ▁home . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁country ▁in ▁which ▁I ▁have ▁become ▁little ▁more ▁than ▁an ▁un app reh ended ▁criminal ▁because ▁of ▁whom ▁I ▁love . ▁I ▁want ▁my ▁fellow ▁U g and ans ▁to ▁understand ▁that ▁hom osex ual ity ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁western ▁import ▁and ▁our ▁friends ▁in ▁the ▁developed ▁world ▁to ▁recogn ise ▁that ▁the ▁current ▁tr end ▁of ▁hom oph ob ia ▁is ." ▁ ▁Rec ogn ition ▁M ug ish a ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Robert ▁F . ▁Kennedy ▁Human ▁Rights ▁Award ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Raf to ▁Prize , ▁whose ▁previous ▁la ure ates ▁include ▁A ung ▁San ▁Su u ▁Ky i , ▁Jose ▁Ram os - H ort a , ▁Kim ▁D ae - j ung ▁and ▁Sh ir in ▁Eb adi , ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁purs uing ▁L GB T ▁rights ▁in ▁U g anda . ▁He ▁also ▁received ▁an ▁honor ary ▁doctor ate ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Gh ent . ▁ ▁M ug ish a ▁is ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁nom ine e ▁for ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Peace ▁Prize . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁M ug ish a ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁Fort une ▁Magazine ' s ▁list ▁of ▁world ' s ▁greatest ▁leaders . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁St ella ▁N yan zi ▁Pe pe ▁Julian ▁On zi ema ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External