9 March – The parliament of Uganda begins debate on a proposed bill that would criminalize people identifying as part of the LGBTQ community with up to 10 years in prison. The bill would also criminalize the "promotion" of homosexuality and "abetting" or "conspiring" to engage in same-sex relations.
21 March – The parliament of Uganda approves the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which includes the death sentence for "aggravated homosexuals" (definition which includes those who are convicted of homosexuality more than once and those who engage in homosexual sex with a person older than 75 or with a disabled person) and imprisonment for up to 20 years for "promoters of homosexuality".
16 June – ADF militants attacked a secondary school in Mpondwe, killing at least 41, including 38 students. Of the 38, 20 were girls who were hacked to death, while 18 while boys who died during the arson. The assailants also abducted at least six students, most of them girls.
19 June – 20 people accused of helping ISIS-linked rebel group ADF in the Mpondwe secondary school attack are arrested.
21 June – Uganda military rescued three of the six students abducted in the Mpondwe school massacre.
8 August – Twenty people are killed, five are missing and nine others are rescued after a boat carrying charcoal and food capsized in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria.
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