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Under Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law, they could face life in prison The flag of Uganda The Nation reported: Two women have been arrested in northwestern Uganda for kissing in public, police confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. The arrest, under Uganda’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, has sparked outrage among human rights groups. The law imposes penalties of up to life imprisonment for consensual …

Kawempe Muslims, St Noa in Spotlight as Finance Trust Women Super League Returns for Second Round | Voice of Bugerere Home Sports Kawempe Muslims, St Noa in Spotlight as Finance Trust Women Super League Returns for Second Round

Post Views: 2 BY andama Mosesin Masindiwww.mknewslink.com—-Laureen Atyeno the incharge Kirasa health centre 2 in Central division Masindi Municipality has expressed fear on increased number of pregnant women neglecting health centres to go for antinentals in favour of Traditional birth attendants. Atyeno revealed that according to the survey conducted, they found that community is lagging behind certain services especially …

UN Women, the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU), Cotila, and other development partners under the Spotlight Initiative have committed to financially support the Bugisu Cultural Institution to conduct sensitisation tours in schools across the region. The development was confirmed by the spokesperson of the Bugisu Cultural Institution, Steven Masiga, who told RedPepper that the Prime Minister, Dr. Paul Mwambu, has …

Sexual violence and family expulsion among the challenges facing African LBQ women  Photo illustration courtesy of Chapter Four Uganda. A new African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) report reveals how lesbian, bisexual, and queer women experience systematic violence that begins within families and communities and continues through displacement, detention, and so-called host countries. Authored by Melanie Nathan, From Home to Hostile …

By Amos Tayebwa | Buhweju District Buhweju County MP Francis Mwijukye is facing growing pressure as his main rival, Grace Agaba Byarugaba, accuses him of running a sexist and discriminatory campaign aimed at undermining her candidature ahead of the January 15, 2026 elections. Agaba, a flamboyant and outspoken MP aspirant, claims that the incumbent legislator has been moving around campaign …

Post Views: 1 By Twesigye Aggreyin Mbarara/Buhwejuwwww.mknewslink.com—– Police in Buhweju district have launched investigations into a fatal road accident that claimed the lives of eight market vendors and left seven others injured along the Nsiika–Bukiro road on saturday night. According to the greater Bushenyi regional police spokesperson, SP Apollo Tayebwa, the accident involved a Fuso lorry registration number UBA …

By Kayiira Jackson  Kampala University (KU) women’s handball team announced their intentions at the 2025 Association of Uganda University Sports (AUUS) Games with a commanding 28–17 victory over Nkumba University, setting an early marker in the championship. KU were dominant for large spells of the contest, using pace and improved coordination to pull away after a tricky opening phase. Nkumba’s …

Tororo – The National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders and supporters in Tororo district on Friday hailed President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for his longstanding commitment to empowering women and young people, as well as for steering Uganda through four decades of peace and socioeconomic transformation. Speaking at the rally, MP-elect for the elderly persons in Eastern Uganda, Ofwono Opondo, who went …

Hopeful Future Women Football Club is targeting nothing than maximum points as they pay visit to Kangulumira Public WFC on matchday four (4) of the 2025/26 Buganda Women League Bugerere Women’s derby will be played at Kangulumira Church of Uganda Playground on Saturday, 15th November 2025, with kick off at 4PM. The “Queens of Hope” as baptized have had a …