On 28th October Freedom and Roam Uganda-FARUG, Uganda’s pioneer LBTI organisation held yet another annual general meeting. FARUG last had its annual general meeting on 20th December 2015 and in this AGM, there were key issues that were raised and among these were HRAPF Talking about the legal existence of FARUG, the previous board shared their […]
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Chaplain Iraguha Dennis, has stood the test of time; he has been there from the earliest years of the movement. He now mainly focuses on spiritual nourishment of his peers within the Ugandan LGBT community and preaches the gospel of inclusiveness to other religious heads. On 26/10/2017, Kuchu Times talked to the Chaplain about his personal dreams and hopes for the movement, at large.
On 2nd November 2017, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) held a one day legal strategy meeting to lay foundation on how best to challenge the subsections of Sections 167 (Idle and Disorderly) and 168 (Rogues and Vagabonds) of the Penal Code Act that promote discrimination of minorities.
The 2017 theme is liberation of transgender people in relationship to their social and economic status. To further push their advocacy work, Rainbow Mirrors will have several civil society organisations on board. These will have booths where they will showcase their work and products.
UHRN has done work across all spheres from grass root, national to international level where they have conducted numerous studies. For instance, they recently concluded a research in Mbale and Kampala where they discovered that HIV prevalence rate among people who use drugs is 21% and women are the most affected category. The general percentage of HIV prevalence among drug users in the thirteen districts where UHRN operates is at 45%.
UHRN was registered in 2014 and currently the network is comprised of twenty six organisations in seventeen districts. UHRN focuses on human rights and public health approach and Mr Twaibu testifies that these two core approaches have helped them register some remarkable achievements.
Chaplain Iraguha Dennis, has stood the test of time; he has been there from the earliest years of the movement. He now mainly focuses on spiritual nourishment of his peers within the Ugandan LGBT community and preaches the gospel of inclusiveness to other religious heads. On 26/10/2017, Kuchu Times talked to the Chaplain about his personal dreams and hopes for the movement, at large.
A number of CSOs inclusive of religious organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations ( NGOs), and professionals bodies, came together on 24th October 2017, to castigate the state and other players for abusing the basic rights of Ugandans as well as hindrance of various organizations from carrying out their mandate without state interference.
I clearly remember the day- 23rd September 2017; I have been struggling with my inner self for a while now and on this particular afternoon, I felt devastated with what I was feeling inside. I decided to Google for LGBT dating sites where I found ‘one scene’.