Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Namirembe Diocese has commenced investigations into the complaints of homosexuality levelled against some staff members and learners at King’s College Budo, one of the prestigious schools in Uganda. Rev. Nathan Mulondo, the secretary in charge of education, says Namirembe Diocese which is the founding body of …
Read More »Church of Uganda ready to split from Canterbury over same sex marriages: Kaziimba
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Church of Uganda-COU will immediately set in motion processes to split from Canterbury, the seat of the Anglican Church worldwide once it officially communicates its support for same-sex marriages. The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, says that they …
Read More »ACP-EU Summit: Uganda to oppose abortion, homosexuality proposals
Maputo, Mozambique | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s delegation to the joint parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of the African, Caribean, and Pacific States and the European Union led by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa, has stated that it will oppose plans to make them adopt and adapt to homosexuality. Tayebwa said Uganda …
Read More »LGBTQIs and the bogeyman of Uganda
Homosexuality has become a very explosive social issue that has invaded the politics of the day COMMENT | ROSE WAKIKONA | For a country which in 2020 scored 73 points out of 100, putting it at a rank of 142 out of 180 countries, on the Corruption Perceptions Index, which …
Read More »Parliament silently passes law against homosexuality
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the sexual offences Bill 2019 reintroducing the ban on homosexuality in the country. In a heated debate on Monday the MPs also rejected to the proposal that allows a person, who had consented to a sexual act to withdraw that consent …
Read More »Zambian leader seeks US envoy’s recall for denouncing homosexuality
Lusaka, Zambia | AFP | Zambian President Edgar Lungu wants the US to recall its ambassador to Lusaka for criticising the southern African nation over a 15-year jail term slapped on two gay men for consensual sex. Daniel Foote came under fire in Zambia after he expressed horror over the high …
Read More »Gay marriage legal in 28 countries
Paris, France | AFP | The first-ever gay civil unions in Denmark 30 years ago paved the way for full same-sex marriages that are today allowed in 28 countries, even though homosexuality remains illegal in some parts of the world. Here is an overview. – Europe, gay marriage pioneers …
Read More »Kenyan Archbishop challenges Christians on homosexuality
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya, His Grace Rev. Jackson Ole Sapit has cautioned Christians on homosexuality. Archbishop Sapit was on Monday speaking as the guest preacher at the Anglican Shrine in Nakiyanja-Namugongo were thousands converged to commemorate this year’s Martyrs’ day. …
Read More »Kenya court postpones decision on homosexuality laws
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s High Court on Friday postponed a much-anticipated ruling on whether to scrap colonial-era laws which criminalise homosexuality, citing a heavy case load. “The files are above my height… we are still working,” said Chacha Mwita, one of the judges, who added that one of his colleagues was on leave …
Read More »Tanzania arrests Ugandan, 11 visitors for ‘homosexuality’ in Dar es Salaam
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Tanzanian police said Wednesday they had arrested 12 men, including two South Africans and a Ugandan, for presumed homosexuality as part of an ongoing crackdown against gays. “We arrested the criminals at (the hotel) Peacock — they were promoting homosexuality. Two are South Africans, one …
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