Saturday , 7 March 2026

Kazakhstan parliament passes ‘Anti-LGBT Propaganda’ law

Rainbow flag

The law ‘institutionalizes hostility’ against Kazakhstan’s LGBT community, activists say Rainbow flag symbolizes LGBT rights. (Photo courtesy of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law) The parliament of the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan has passed a law that bans so-called “LGBT propaganda.” It’s the latest Russia-aligned country to pass such a law after Russia, Georgia, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan, …

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Speaker Anita Among Petitions EC to Gazette Her Bukedea MP Seat Ahead of 2026 Poll

Speaker Anita Among Petitions EC to Gazette Her Bukedea MP

Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among has formally petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC) to gazette her as Bukedea District Woman Member of Parliament unopposed, ahead of the January 2026 general elections.In a letter dated October 31, 2025, filed through Alaka and Company Advocates, Among and several other sitting Members of Parliament requested the EC to publish the names of all …

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M7 hands over a flag to youthful Energetic Wakooli Matembu As NRM Flagbearer Butiru County

M7 hands over a flag to youthful Energetic Wakooli Matembu

Yesterday, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni held his second campaign rally in the Bugisu Sub-region at Bugobero High School, Bugobero Town Council in Manafwa District, where he presented the achievements and ongoing commitments of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government as outlined in the party’s manifesto.Addressing a large and enthusiastic crowd, President Museveni said he had come together with NRM leaders …

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Shock in Court as 20-year-old Spills Dirty Secrets, says Pastor Kayanja Sodomized them multiple times

Shock in Court as 20 year old Spills Dirty Secrets says Pastor

The trial involving nine (9) youths accused in the long-running defamation and related case against Kampala pastor Robert Kayanja took another turn on Thursday, November 6, when the eighth witness, a 20-year-old inmate named Ssentongo Regan, testified before the Mwanga II Magistrate’s Court in Mengo.The case, which has dragged on for years, was presided over by Chief Magistrate Adams Byarugaba …

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More than 70 arrested in Tunisia’s anti-LGBT crackdown

Illustration from Damj's Facebook page.

  Tunisia has launched a campaign of arrests targeting  the nation’s queer citizens. The LGBTQ rights advocacy group Damj (the Tunisian Association for Justice and Equality) reports that 71 LGBTQIA+ citizens, mostly transgender women, have been arrested, and 32 have already been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 8 months to 3 years. This is happened at multiple locations — …

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We need peace & unity in Mbale as we welcome the fountain of honour

We need peace unity in Mbale as we welcome

NRM members have been cautioned not to break the law while welcoming President Museveni, as some believe that the law does not apply to them and that they cannot be prosecuted. This warning was issued by the Mbale District NRM Chairman, Mr Wambogo Moses in preparation for the upcoming arrangements to welcome President Museveni.What You Need To Know:President Museveni is touring …

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M7 enters Bugisu With A Huge Crowd Welcome, explains land acquisition for Mbale Industrial Park

M7 enters Bugisu With A Huge Crowd Welcome explains land

SIRONKO – The National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential flag bearer, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has defended his acquisition of the land where the Mbale Industrial Park now sits, dismissing allegations that the land was grabbed from locals.While campaigning in Sironko District on his first day of the Bugisu sub-region campaign trail, President Museveni explained that the land in question had been …

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EC Declares Ofwono Opondo Unopposed for Older Persons MP Seat

EC Declares Ofwono Opondo Unopposed for Older Persons MP Seat

Former Executive Director of the Uganda Media Centre, Ofwono Opondo, has been declared unopposed as the Member of Parliament representing Older Persons for Eastern Uganda.Opondo’s victory follows the withdrawal of a case by Democratic Party (DP) candidate Joram Mpande Kigenyi.The announcement came after the Electoral Commission Tribunal reviewed a petition that had been filed challenging Opondo’s nomination.“Today, my opponent Joram …

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