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‘Homosexuals will no longer breathe in this country’ Anti-gay legislators at Senegal’s National Assembly in Dakar celebrate the passage of the bill to double the penalties for same-sex intimacy. (Seyllou photo courtesy of AFP / Getty Images) Yesterday the National Assembly in Senegal unanimously approved a bill yesterday to double the prison time for gay sex, sending it to President …

KAMPALA — Uganda’s ambitious march toward the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is facing uncomfortable scrutiny after a damning Value for Money audit exposed serious coordination failures within the Office of the Prime Minister, piling pressure on the leadership of the country’s SDG Secretariat. At the centre of the unfolding accountability debate is Albert Byamugisha, the Senior Technical Adviser and …

KAMPALA — Uganda’s Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, the very institution tasked with protecting vulnerable citizens and championing social justice, has been thrust into the spotlight after the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda uncovered a long list of troubling gaps ranging from ballooning debts and stalled programmes to unresolved complaints from migrant workers and billions in …

A storm is brewing at the Uganda Wildlife Research and Training College after the latest report by the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda unearthed a trail of troubling gaps in funding, stalled projects, questionable contracts and a shocking governance vacuum at the country’s premier wildlife research training institution. College Principal, Robert Baluku, now finds himself presiding over an …

French-Caribbean stylist and celebrity still feels the sting of being targeted with murder music Vincent McDoom was the first Afro-queer icon to appear on French television when he appeared on “La Ferme des Célébrités”, a show broadcast and produced in 2004 by the television channel TF1. (Photo courtesy of  @vincent_mcdoom_d.a) Originally from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Vincent McDoom …

Nearly a year after explosive revelations about the controversial takeover of the Kiteezi landfill by Ghanaian firm Jospong Group of Companies, fresh information reaching Red Pepper Intelligence Unit indicates that the project has never taken off — raising even more serious questions about what really happened behind the scenes. Sources familiar with the matter now say the company that was …

Our Reporter Equity Bank Uganda has successfully completed the migration of its core data centre operations to the Raxio Data Centre in Namanve Industrial Park, marking a significant milestone in the bank’s digital transformation journey. The move, which was completed a week ago and publicly unveiled on February 25, 2026, consolidates the bank’s critical infrastructure within a high-availability, in-country hosting …

KAMPALA — A flashy celebration thrown to mark the appointment of Morris Muhindo as Under Secretary at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has exploded into a heated debate online, with critics asking one burning question: why throw a party over a civil service appointment? The Friday night bash, attended by a who’s-who of ruling party bigwigs, has left …

Centenary Group is hosting members of the Muslim community to its annual Iftar dinners across different regions of the country. This is aimed at bringing together religious leaders, scholars, business leaders, and partners in a celebration of faith, unity, and shared prosperity during this holy month of Ramadhan. The iftar dinners are a part of Centenary Group’s long-standing tradition of …

Spiro Uganda’s push toward electric mobility received a major endorsement this week as the Robinah Nabbanja, Prime Minister of Uganda, led a high-level government delegation on an inspection visit to its production facility at Namanve Industrial Plant. Accompanied by the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero, the Prime Minister toured the plant and assessed the progress of …