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Priest-turned-politician was loved and hated in equal measure for fighting homosexuality Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Father Simon Lokodo, the former minister for Ethics and Integrity, who waged a war on minorities like the LGBT community and proposed to ban the miniskirt, died on Jan. 28 in Geneva, Switzerland. …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The remains of the late Fr. Simon Lokodo  will now be returned on Sunday morning, and not today as had been planned. Lokodo, a Commissioner at Uganda Human Rights Commission -UHRC, died on January 29 while on official duty in Geneva, Switzerland. His remains …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Just hours after the death of Father Simon Lokodo, the former Minister for Ethics, there was a discussion online over whether he had actually been excommunicated from the Catholic Church after he joined politics. Lokodo, 64, died suddenly on Saturday while in Geneva, Switzerland, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Ethics Minister Fr. Simon Lokodo has died today in Geneva. “It’s with great shock and pain that we‘ve learnt of the passing of our Honourable Member of the Commission, Fr. Simon Lokodo. He passed on this morning in Geneva Switzerland. May the Almighty Rest …

Why it’s a costly waste of time for Ugandans Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Father Simon Lokodo, the ethics and integrity Minister’s planned re-introduction of the anti-homosexuality bill in Parliament has been described by human rights activists as “a waste of time and an unmitigated self-inflicted disaster for Uganda.” …

Lokodo pleased, LGBTs say study misunderstood Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s Minister for Ethics and Integrity Fr. Simon Lokodo has welcomed results of a recent massive study that shows that the so-called ‘gay gene’ is a total myth. “Of course there is no person born gay,” said Lokodo …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Martin Ssempa has been suspended from the Pornography Control Committee (PCC). Ethics and Integrity Minister, Fr. Simon Lokodo announced the suspension in a letter dated 18th December 2018. “I in the meantime, I wish to inform you that your stay on the …

THIS WEEK: Anti-pornography committee starts work Father Simon Lokodo, the Minister for Ethics and Integrity has bolstered his fight against pornography by commissioning a government anti-pornography committee that has kicked off operations. The committee is headed by Dr Anette Kezaabu Kasimbazi. Other committee members include Dr Martin Sempa, Dalton Opwonya, …