Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

Michael Schwarzkopf exclaimed, “so sad as the hate continues!” This was when he laid eyes on pictures of three LGBTIQQ Refugees in Kakuma Camp Another called Mechanic exclaimed “saddening.” Indeed the situation in Kakuma is saddening to say the least. We continue to call upon the UNHCR to provide protection to LGBTIQQ Refugees please. For those with time please follow for developments at Kakuma Camp:  When they get well, they will be returned to the camp: the same premises that meted hostilities and viciousness against the three. We are trying to campaign for a language that enshrines mutual respect and the practice of de-escalation. We are all angry and bitter with UNHCR, but we are also strategic. We want a UNHCR that cares and we can contribute to peaceful co-existence. We ask the development partners to engage the security team so that they are able to embrace dignified treatment and unconditional positive regard |(UPR) for all they guard. We are committe...

ICASA 2019, will be in Uganda. So, the LGBTIQQ will show case a country that renounces viciousness and hostilities. This is possible when: 1. LGBTIQQ Activists are able to provide a well organized front against HIV. 2. When LGBTIQQ are provided support to formulate strategic wellness plans that increase LGBTIQQ Participation in healthy living. 3. when LGBTIQQ are allowed to contribute to the wider societal quality of life. Andrew Green in an article titled:  " Uganda chosen to host Africa's biggest HIV conference amid LGBT crackdown ," makes the assertion that "activists are divided over whether the decision has given the country a free pass or presents an opportunity to push for change." ICASA is an opportunity in all its formulations and substance. It provides the opportunity to look into the existing plans where LGBTIQ+ have been empowered to make decisions as far as HIV/AIDS eradication goes in Uganda. It also provides opportunity for le...