Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe gave another reason for wanting to jail African gay and lesbians.

Speaking in front of thousands at his party’s campaign launch on Friday (5 July), the anti-gay African leader said he would like to imprison gay and lesbian couples for not being like normal families because they can’t have kids.

According to New Zimbabwe news, Mugabe said: ‘I should like to shut them [gay couples] up in a room and see if they can get pregnant; if they don’t, then it’s jail because they have claimed they can have children.

‘To that kind of rot, we say no, no, no!’

According to local news sources, the anti-gay politician would break into fits of laughter as he continued with his gay hate speech.

In his speech, Mugabe also specifically targeted lesbians, saying they should prove themselves men if they wanted to replace men in a relationship.

‘Show us your manhood,’ Mugabe challenged.

‘You want to make other women your wives and you the husband? Well, that is madness; we refuse to accept that.’

This is hardly the first time the Zimbabwe president has threatened Africa’s LGBT community with imprisonment or worse. Last month, Mugabe had already promised ‘hell for gays’ if his Zanu PF party wins the general elections.

At the beginning of the year, he also signed a new constitution that kept same-sex activity a punishable offense.

In August 2012, Zimbabwe arrested 44 members of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, and later shut down the group’s offices for ‘undermining the authority of the President.’

According to Zimbabwe’s The Herald, Mugabe also used his speaking platform on Friday to refute Western countries he said were trying to impose marriage equality as a condition for international aid.

He said he would always refuse, calling gays and lesbians ‘worse than pigs or dogs’.

The Zimbabwe president said he was shocked that President Obama, who is of African descent, had called on African countries to embrace homosexuality that is still taboo in Africa and Zimbabwe.

He also chastised the Church of England for their growing support of same-sex partnerships.