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John Abdallah Wambere
John "Longjones" Abdallah Wambere is a LGBT rights in Uganda, Ugandan gay rights activist and co-founder of Spectrum Uganda Initiatives, a Kampala-based LGBTI rights advocacy organization with a focus on health education. Because of the threat of violence and persecution he faces in LGBT rights in Uganda, Uganda, Wambere was approved for Asylum in the United States, asylum in the United States by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services on September 11, 2014. He currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Early life Wambere was born in Mbala, Zambia on 2 November 1973. His family was Christian; his mother was midwife for the government and his father was in politics. In an interview on Legal Lines with Timothy Lynch, an LGBTQ Massachusetts Bar Association production, Wambere said of his childhood, "We heard about gay people. [People] spoke about gay people. But they were never condemned, they were ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbale, Uganda
Mbale is a city in the Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region. Location Mbale is approximately northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital city, on an all-weather Asphalt concrete, tarmac highway. The city lies at an average elevation of above sea level. The coordinates of the city are 1°04'50.0"N, 34°10'30.0"E (Latitude:1.080556; Longitude:34.175000). The city is on the railway from Tororo to Pakwach. Mount Elgon, one of the highest peaks in East Africa, is approximately , north-east of Mbale, by road. Population According to the 2002 census, the population of Mbale was about 71,130. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 81,900. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 91,800. The 2014 population census put the population at 96,189. Twinning Mbale was formally linked with the town of Pontypridd, Wales throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
