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Homosexuality: Cut aid if you so wish, speaker Anita tells donors

March 26, 2023 by URN

Parliament will not succumb to donor pressure and stands by the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023, speaker Anita Among has said. The bill was passed this week on Tuesday and...

Opposition seeks to amend Constitution to shift from winner takes all
The leader of opposition in parliament (LoP), Mathias Mpuuga has announced plans to introduce a bill that among…
Court issues criminal summons against MP Ssegirinya
Buganda Road Magistrate's court has issued criminal summons against Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya and his two sureties.
Will Uganda's anti-gay bill resonate across Africa?
Human rights activists say Uganda's passage of an anti-homosexuality bill could be the impetus for similar far-reaching legislation…
Gulu hospital CT scan machine lying idle over lack of operator
The computed tomography (CT) scan machine at Gulu regional referral hospital is lying idle due to lack of…
Activists to petition court after being overlooked in anti-gay law
Dr Frank Mugisha, a leading advocate for LGBTQ rights, has slammed the way parliament evaded him and other…
Kawanda school shooting: UPDF sergeant remanded till May 8
Sergeant Abdul Ssali from the Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) transport department has finally appeared before the Army…
Amnesty International calls on Museveni not to sign Anti-homosexuality bill
Gay rights activists are denouncing Ugandan members of parliament for passing a bill that criminalizes anyone who publicly…
Ministers in Karamoja iron sheets scandal not immune to prosecution - IGG
Cabinet ministers fingered in the Karamoja iron sheets scandal have submitted their defense to the Inspectorate of Government…
7-year-old boy collapses to death during school athletics competition
A 7-year-old pupil of Kalalaka primary school in Butebo district in eastern Uganda collapsed and died during an…

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