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Uganda passes anti-LGBTQ bill that would impose death penalty

Democratic Underground 25 Mar 2023
As reported by Time, Uganda’s Parliament in Kampala on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it a crime to identify as LGBTQ — legislation described by the United Nations’ human rights chief as “probably among the worst of its kind in the world.” The Anti-Homosexuality bill ...
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Uganda passes anti-LGBTQ bill that would impose death penalty — and other international stories you ...

Yahoo Daily News 24 Mar 2023
As reported by Time, Uganda’s Parliament in Kampala on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it a crime to identify as LGBTQ — legislation described by the United Nations’ human rights chief as “probably among the worst of its kind in the world.” The Anti-Homosexuality bill ...
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Why are there so few women in top international development posts?

Phys Dot Org 08 Mar 2023
A global reckoning is emerging in the international development sector ... Diversity is about recognizing the multitude of characteristics all people hold ... This is against a backdrop in which, since colonial times, African cities women have been . For example in Kampala, Uganda, it is estimated that over are owned and run by women ... gender ... Mixed results.
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Eddy Kenzo - from orphaned and homeless to Uganda's first Grammy nominee

RTE 01 Feb 2023
It is like I am dreaming," the 33-year-old told AFP during an emotional interview in his studio in the Ugandan capital Kampala ... in Makindye, a suburb in Kampala, Uganda ... By the time Kenzo was a teenager, he was sleeping rough on the streets of Kampala, often going to bed hungry.
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Optibus – Managing and improving public transportation systems around the world

The Jerusalem Post 26 Jan 2023
Optibus’s software enables planning and scheduling of routes and timetables, vehicle and crew scheduling, rostering, and predicting on-time performance ... Haggiag cites Kampala (pop ... Using Optibus’ software, Kampala is now building a public transportation system for the first time. .
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Uganda, Tanzania SGR line clear as Kenya derailed

Algeria Times 16 Jan 2023
Uganda this week formally terminated the contract of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the country’s first phase of the standard gauge railway (SGR), a 273-km line from Malaba to Kampala, almost eight years after the project was launched ... “We’re going to build a brand new [SGR line] from Kampala to Kasese.
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Uganda arrest over deadly New Year Freedom City mall crush

Yahoo Daily News 02 Jan 2023
The crush occurred as the crowd rushed to the venue's parking lot to watch a fireworks display at midnight in the capital, Kampala. Only one of the four exits at the Freedom City mall was open at the time, police spokesman Fred Enanga said ... An estimated 500 people were at the venue along the Kampala-Entebbe highway when the crush happened.
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Deadly crush during New Year festivities in Uganda

Yahoo Daily News 01 Jan 2023
At least nine people have died in a crowd crush during New Year festivities in the Ugandan capital Kampala ... Big gatherings for New Year's Eve were allowed for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kampala police said people had ...
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Deadly crush during New Year festivities in Uganda�kills at least nine

Joy Online 01 Jan 2023
At least nine people have died in a crowd crush during New Year festivities in the Ugandan capital Kampala ... Big gatherings for New Year’s Eve were allowed for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kampala police said ...
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What WAS the 'Davina McCall effect'? And what might ketamine help with? Test your knowledge ...

The Daily Mail 30 Dec 2022
Covid may have taken a back seat for the first time since the pandemic began, but this year's health news was still a roller-coaster ... Princess Anne visited Uganda in October as there were calls for a lockdown in its capital city Kampala. But which disease was the country rocked by an outbreak of at the time?.
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Solution to the Mess in the City is Mass Transport - General Katumba Wamala

All Africa 29 Dec 2022
The Minister of Works & Transport Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has said the solution to Kampala city's public transport system which is terrible, annoying and time and energy consuming is mass transport ....
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Five killed, five injured in accident involving two speeding vehicles in central Uganda

China.dot.org 26 Dec 2022
KAMPALA, Dec ... Both vehicles, a Toyota Hiace and a Mercedes Benz, were traveling from the capital, Kampala, toward Masaka above the speed limit ... The accident occurred at Kibukuta swamp along the Kampala-Masaka Highway at around 7 a.m.
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Guitar Tales: The remarkable impact of Congolese guitarist Tamfum/Fidel, and the tuning that would define ...

Guitar.com 26 Dec 2022
That wasn’t the end of the story however, and in 1990 the band approached him again and this time he joined them, playing in Japan for five year. After his time in Japan, Tamfum took a two-year contract with the Sheraton Kampala Hotel in Uganda, where he met the renowned Rwandan guitarist Kiri – a huge fan of his, who would later join his band.
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Lord Mayor Lukwago Hails "Right Trajectory" As KCCA FC Holds Fans Gala

All Africa 21 Dec 2022
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has said 13 time Uganda Premier League champions, KCCA FC are on the right trajectory to achieve success ....
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Curiosity sparks growing demand for African art in the UAE

Arab News 18 Dec 2022
At the recent Abu Dhabi Art fair, there were several first-time participants from the African continent, signaling a growing appetite for art from Africa in the UAE ... Afriart gallery from Kampala, Uganda, participated for the second time, showing works by Uganda-based artists Mona Taha and Sanaa Gateja priced at between $4,000 and $30,000.

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