By Nangayi Guyson – Kampala Uganda – Police in Uganda has reported that Nsubuga Enock who confessed to murdering gay rights activist David Kato, was forced into sodomy by his victim. The Uganda police on Wednesday arrested Enock after an advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) David Kato was beaten to death with a hammer at his home in Mukono District last week. Rolling Stone magazine published personal information about leading gay activists under the headline “Hang them.” which accusations say brought threats to gays’ life in Uganda According to the Daily Monitor, an anonymous police source said that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, February 4th 2011 |
The Offending Rolling Stone Article By Guyson Nangayi – Ugandan gay rights campaigner David Kato who was outed in a local newspaper Rolling Stone as a homosexual, has been beaten to death, activists have said. Police have confirmed the death and say they have arrested one suspect. Uganda’s Rolling Stone newspaper published the photographs of several people it said were gay, including Mr Kato, with the headline “Hang them”. The police say that though they have arrested one suspect, the main suspect – who they say lived with Mr Kato – remains on the run. Homosexual acts are illegal in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, January 28th 2011 |
By Katongole Kiwanuka – Court in Kampala has ordered a news paper the ‘Rolling stone’ to compensate individuals whose names and faces were labelled as gays in one of its editions. This followed the aggrieved individuals through their lawyers Henry Onoria, John Francis Onyango and Ankankwasa Edward to drag the paper to court over violating their right to privacy, the right to human dignity and protection from inhuman treatment. On the 2nd/October/2010, the paper carried a story that was labelled as “Scandal” and under the headline “Hang them; they are after our kids!!!!! Pictures of Uganda’s 100 homos leak.” Some... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 4th 2011 |
GULU, 22 December 2010 (PlusNews) – After years of hearing about the protective effects of medical male circumcision against HIV, many men in northern Uganda are taking advantage of a government move to provide the procedure free of charge. Uganda launched its national male circumcision policy in September 2010; in 2006 a large study in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda found that the procedure can reduce a man’s risk of contracting HIV through vaginal intercourse by as much as 60 percent. Nationally, about 25 percent of Ugandan men are circumcised, but in the north, that figure drops to as low... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, December 23rd 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – Security forces in Uganda have urged the citizens to stay vigilant after grenade attacks on a Ugandan bound Coach from Nairobi yesterday evening leaving two people dead and injuring over 26 people. Monday’s explosion went off as passengers checked-in to board the Coach. A scuffle ensued between security at the check-in point and three men carrying a box from which the explosion originated moments later according to eye witnesses at the scene. This comes 5months after the July bomb blast that rocked the country’s capital, Kampala as revelers turned out to watch 2010 World Cup finals.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, December 21st 2010 |
