`In this country, you are judged basing on whether you are pro or anti-government’ Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Pastor Martin Ssempa is a familiar name in circles of activists and Makerere University Kampala. For over 20 years, he has run a congregation of mainly Makerere University students …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Martin Ssempa has been suspended from the Pornography Control Committee (PCC). Ethics and Integrity Minister, Fr. Simon Lokodo announced the suspension in a letter dated 18th December 2018. “I in the meantime, I wish to inform you that your stay on the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere Community Church Pastor Martin Ssempa is petitioning the Electoral Commission to stop politicians from what he says is “adulterating religious melodies for political gain”. Ssempa has lately come out as a critic of Tulyambala Engule, a new song which has become a signature tune …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda I was on a train at New York’s Grand Central Station on March 5 when a friend from my days at Stanford University entered. I was overjoyed yet embarrassed; one part of me wanted to hug her, the other to hide. She is a successful lawyer …
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