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Several African countries continue to persecute people in the LGBT community and Zimbabwe is not among them. The five most dangerous countries to be gay in Africa are Uganda, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania and Sudan. Uganda’s government outlaws male and female homosexual activity, which can be punished with heavy fines and prison sentences. Article 145 of the Penal Code Act of 1950 states that “carnal knowledge against the order of nature” is a criminal offence. This, while vague, has been applied to homosexual acts in the past and can result in life in prison, according to Human Rights Watch...

Daily Monitor Wednesday February 03 2021 Summary On the night of November 2, 2017, unknown assailants allegedly broke into the house of a one Kamugisha, a resident of Mpangati Village in Zirobwe Sub-county, where they are said to have made off with a motorcycle and unspecified amount of dry coffee beans, some of which was reportedly traced to Ssentamu’s home. Advertisement Two members of a criminal gang that has been terrorising residents in Zirobwe Sub-county, Luweero District, have been sentenced to 35 years in jail after being convicted of murder.  When news of Elimya Kiwanuka Mubiru an...

Daily Monitor Sunday January 31 2021 President Museveni (with hat) hands over jet washers to Mulago car washers in Kampala after the 2016 general election. PHOTOS | FILE Summary Though Section 167 of the Penal Code Act, which criminalises wandering persons, has never been repealed either by a court of law or by Parliament, Mr Museveni thought such decrees of his would please the urban youth and vote for him.   Advertisement President Museveni had just secured his victory in 2016, but as usual, he never wasted time as he immediately started strategising on how he woud win the 2021 elections. ...

Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has been arraigned in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on allegation of offences bordering on fraud. Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, for allegedly forging an O’ Level certificate, was also charged alongside his Special Adviser on Protocol, Aliyu Ibrahim and the Managing Director of ABR Global Petroleum Resources Limited, Daniel Omughele, for allegation of diverting N19.9 million meant for the furnishing of SPIP’s office. ICPC in a 10-count charge ...

Share The former Chairman of the disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, has been arraigned in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on allegation of offences bordering on fraud. He was arraigned before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, for allegedly forging an O’ Level certificate. According to a statement authorized by the commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, and made available to newsmen in Abuja, on Satur...