SAN DIEGO – Joseph Bukombe, a professional musician who has been living in San Diego for several years, was released Friday night from federal detention in Otay Mesa after spending two years fighting deportation to Uganda, where his return could endanger his life.

Friends and supporters raised $10,000 for his bail by holding fundraisers and making online pleas for help.

"Thanks to all the 70 donors who contributed to bail for Joseph Bukombe who was released from Otay Mesa last night," the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle wrote in an email to friends and supporters on Christmas Eve.

The Netherlands is to introduce a temporary residency permit for gay would-be immigrants who want to move to be with a Dutch partner but cannot do so because they are not married.

At the moment, foreign partners can only move to the Netherlands under family reunion rules if they are married or have a legally-binding relationship.

Justice Joseph Mulangira of Uganda's Mukono High Court has sentenced Sidney Nsubuga Enoch, 22, the man who confessed to the murder of gay rights activist David Kato, to 30 years in prison.

David Kato was a local and international gay rights activist. His face appeared as one of the hundred outed gay men by Uganda's Rolling Stone tabloid, with the headline "100 Pictures of Uganda's top Homos." Against all odds, Kato won his case in the Uganda courts, against the publishers of the tabloid, where his face appeared next to a headline "Hang Them!"

(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a two-part series about the three-month goodwill tour of retired Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda. The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle of San Diego was the bishop’s guide while he was in the United States. These are his recollections and observations about the Compass to Compassion tour. Read the first part HERE.)