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The 10th parliament in their last session passed a number of bills especially to do with prostitution and other sexual offences. MPs drew up the sexual offences bill of 2019 to supplement the existing law. The previous law was not providing for these offences such as buying sex workers. Some of the major points in this bill is the criminalization ...

The Ugandan parliament has passed the 2019 bill on sexual offences which reintroduced the ban on homosexuality or same-sex relationships after an intense debate in parliament. The MPs went ahead to reject the proposal that allows a person who had consented to a sexual act to withdraw that consent at any time before or during the performance of the sexual ...

National Unity Platform principal Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine looks like he’s about to be evicted from his prestigious mansion in Magere, Wakiso District. According to reliable information, a certain woman identified as Nakamatte ran to court to secure a court order to evict the singer cum politician from the said land. This woman not only seeks to ...

Uganda nurses and midwives will effective Wednesday May 5, 2021 go on an emergency strike over government non payment of shs70.5b lunch allowance. Government promised to pay medical officers this financial year but has failed fulfill it’s promise. The money is supposed to benefit over 18,000 nurses and nursing Assistants. Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) President Mr Justus Cherop ...

Saul Mugasa, alias Orukurato Rwe Nsanju, the Tooro Kingdom Speaker has resigned. According to the letter addressed to Tooro King, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, he feels it’s the right time to resign. “I leave with my conscience clear that I served the people of Tooro faithfully and with integrity,” He has served for over 22 years in that ...