Uganda enacts life in jail for gays

The European Parliament backed sanctions on Uganda and Nigeria Thursday in protest at their recent passing of anti-gay laws.

The enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act has been misinterpreted by development partners, the government has said.

Rwanda's High Court sentences pastor Jean Uwinkindi to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide.

MPs demand life jail for drug barons
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MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday pushed for life imprisonment and execution by firing squad in public for convicted drug dealers, saying the current penalty of fine to offenders was nothing but an incentive for the menace to thrive. The House ...

Appeals Court commutes life sentence to 30 years' jail
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THE Court of Appeal has saved a resident of Kigoma, Kashindi Ramadhani, alias Moba Pascal, from a life sentence for taking part in a robbery incident on Lake Tanganyika, in Kigoma region, in 2003. Justices January Msoffe, Nathalia Kimaro and Sauda ...

Children in Uganda working in a pioneering dance group, Ghetto Kids, have been describing how it has changed their lives for the better.

Urambo enacts by-laws to end students' truancy
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URAMBO District Council has endorsed penalties for parents of truant students who will be liable to pay up to 300,000/-. The council meeting which met here over the weekend endorsed by laws which a parent or guardian whose child will be found guilty of ...

A new regional framework to conserve the environment in the East African Community (EAC) bloc has been put in place after the passing of the EAC Forests Management and Protection Bill 2015 into law on Thursday.

EALA has passed the EAC Forests Management and Protection Bill 2015 in effect putting in place a regional framework to conserve the environment.  The Bill whose mover is Hon Christophe Bazivamo sailed through at its 3rd Reading after the Committee stage scrutinized its various clauses, proposing amendments.  The Report of the Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources was presented by Hon Judith Pareno on behalf of the Chair.  The EAC Forestry and Management Protection Bill, 2015 hopes, to...