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June 3, 2024 at 10:29 AM. KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's sexual minorities face escalating human rights violations, with over 1000 cases recorded in the last nine months involving arrests, torture ...
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police have arrested another five people and discovered five more explosives around the capital Kampala in a bombing plot linked to an Islamist rebel group, the force said.
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Uganda's parliamentary speaker, her husband and several other officials over corruption and serious abuses of human rights. Parliament Speaker ...
Agnes Nandutu is a Ugandan journalist, politician and Minister in charge of Karamoja. [1] In 2020 she participated in the National Resistance Movement Party primaries [2] which she lost to incumbent Woman MP Justin Khainza, [3] [4] and in the 2021 general election, running as an independent, she was elected Women's Representative for Bududa ...
Jessica Kayanja is the founder of the Girl Power Ministries, a non-profit organization that empowers young women through mentorship and education. The organization aims to build confidence and leadership skills in young women and has impacted the lives of many in Uganda and beyond. [7]
The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC) was a religious movement founded by Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibweteere in southwestern Uganda. It was formed in 1989 after Mwerinde and Kibweteere claimed that they had seen visions of the Virgin Mary. The five primary leaders were Joseph Kibweteere, Joseph Kasapurari ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank said on Tuesday it would halt new lending to the Ugandan government after concluding that its anti-LGBTQ law, which has been condemned by many countries and ...
Anita Annet Among (born 23 November 1973) is a Ugandan accountant, lawyer and politician who is the Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda since 2022. [1] [2] She also concurrently serves as the elected member of parliament for the Bukedea District Women Constituency, the same position she held in the 10th Parliament (2016–2021). [3]