Rachel Maddow reported last night the Ugandan president has privately told the US State Department he will veto the bill.
More after the fold.
Apologies to the video-impaired, but the transcript is not yet online. When it's posted, it can be found here. I'm running out and haven't the time to do it myself.
A summary: reporting came via The DC Agenda, a GLBT news source that has risen from the ashes of the recently shuttered Washington Blade. From the story:
U.S. officials have received assurances from the Ugandan president that he would work to block a harshly anti-gay bill from becoming law in his country and would veto the legislation should it come to his desk, according to the State Department.
Jon Tollefson, a State Department spokesperson, told DC Agenda that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has pledged on several occasions to the top U.S. diplomat engaged in Africa that he would stop progress on the anti-gay bill.
Rachel reports that her staff was able to confirm this reporting with the State Department. So hooray! It should be noted, Museveni has not yet gone on record in public with his opposition. Hopefully he will do so soon.