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Rugyendo Arinaitwe, also known Deo Rugyendo or D. Rugyendo Arinaitwe, is a Ugandan author, journalist and media entrepreneur.He is the founder and editor-in-chief of ResearchFinds News and co-founder of Red Pepper founded on 19 June 2001, Uganda's first English tabloid newspaper.
Uganda Police raided the premises of Red Pepper on 20 May 2013. This happened soon after the paper had published a letter allegedly written by Army General David Sejusa, threatening that those opposing Muhoozi Kainerugaba for presidency risked their lives. Kainerugaba is the son of the long-standing President Yoweri Museveni.
Kushaba Moses Mworeko (born 1 February 1979 [1] [2] in Kagonge, Bushenyi [2]) is a Ugandan LGBT rights activist, [3] [4] combat medic [1] and blogger. Mworeko, who is gay, [3] [5] was involved in a U.S. asylum case following an interview he gave to an LGBTQ newspaper in the U.S. (Metro Weekly) which published the interview in 2010 along with his picture and full identity—effectively outing him.
There are a number of newspapers in Uganda today. New Vision is Uganda's leading English daily newspaper. It is a state-owned newspaper and has the largest nationwide circulation. The Daily Monitor is an independent English-language newspaper and second in circulation to the New Vision. The two papers dominate the print section of media in Uganda.
The Penal Codes of 1950, enacted by the ruling British government, contained sodomy laws that are still in force today. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] However, recent, intensifying anti-homosexual sentiment in Uganda has been associated with the dissemination of anti-gay rhetoric by evangelical Christians, particularly Scott Lively , who came to Kampala in March ...
Radio & Weasel was a Ugandan music Duo that performed under their record label Goodlyfe Crew a Ugandan music group with lead performers being singers Moses Radio (born Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo) and [Weasel Manizo] (born Douglas Mayanja).
Tamale Mirundi was born to Namatovu Molly and Yowana Mirundi from Matale-Kalagala Village, Kyotera District previously Rakai District as their ninth child. [22] He is said to have moved to Kampala in 1979 to pursue secondary education and initiated his career in journalism at Munno newspaper during his time in the third year of senior school. [23]
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa [a] (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. As of 2024, he is the third-longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea and Paul Biya in Cameroon).