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For Signing Anti-Gay Law, Uganda Slapped With Aid Cuts From West
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay measure over which some Western governments had warned of consequences.
At least three European countries are withdrawing millions in direct support to Uganda’s government, which depends on donors for about 20 percent of its budget.
The Dutch government said in a statement seen Thursday that it is suspending aid to Uganda’s government but will continue supporting non-governmental groups, joining the governments of Norway and Denmark in taking such action. Norway is withdrawing at least $8 million but will increase its support to human rights and democracy defenders, while Denmark is restructuring aid programs worth $8.64 million away from the Ugandan government and over to private actors and civic groups.
Jim Mugunga, a spokesman for Uganda’s Finance Ministry, said the government is waiting for official communication of the aid cuts.
Washington has also signaled it could cut aid to Uganda over an anti-gay measure the White House described as “abhorrent.”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday compared the law to oppressive government crackdowns on German Jews in the 1930s and black South Africans during apartheid, saying he was going to direct American ambassadors to look at “how we deal with this human rights challenge on a global basis.”
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Myth or Reality?
March 3, 2014 at 9:23 pm
“… Homosexuality has never come from somewhere else… from your
childhood. What you do and your habits show that you will become
homosexual. One is born with it. It is not acquired.”
Unisex
March 3, 2014 at 11:51 pm
Guess what? Some people are born gay!
granny
March 3, 2014 at 11:53 pm
Homosexuality has a long history in Africa, contrary to the claims of politicians who consider it a recent Western import.
I just cannot grasp that such homophobia is actually winning masses of votes & popularity! I’d have thought everyday, normal, sane people would be utterly appalled. Sad times brought about by ignorance followed by extreme violence & murders of gay people. Heartbreaking.
married
March 3, 2014 at 11:57 pm
If there is a God its about time he pointed out that his only son spent his time with a group of twelve men and never got married. Not that I’m suggesting that Jesus was gay – how would we know – but from what I was taught he would surely be saying ‘He who is without sin, cast the first stone’. I send my wholehearted support to this brave man and to gay people around the world who struggle for the right to be who they are.
hetrosexual
March 4, 2014 at 12:03 am
I am at a loss to understand why so many people get so worked up, even to the point of committing terrible violent acts, over what two people of the same sex do in bed together. What harm is doing to them? What bloody business is it of theirs? As for governments and religious groups that countenance homophobic laws and attitudes I have nothing but the very deepest contempt for them. Surely african countries have plenty of problems that need sorting out without devoting their energies to pursuing and persecuting people who are doing nothing wrong in the eyes of most civilised people and are certainly harming no one.
Brave
March 4, 2014 at 12:06 am
To amidst the fear and ignorance, despite threat to personal safety, stand up and speak out for what’s right.
Insider
March 4, 2014 at 12:21 am
Museveni’s daughter has revealed SHE IS GAY!
blink
March 4, 2014 at 12:27 am
When Mugabe’s son “came out”, he too toned down. When you live in a glass house….
Kamuntu Mu 7 ni
March 4, 2014 at 12:37 am
Some people are left-handed some are right, and some ambidextrous.
Some are homosexual some heterosexual and some othersexual.
People are different.
Why are we still having problems with this?
Bombshell
March 4, 2014 at 12:41 am
Politicians steal billions and never see the inside of a jail. A gay person who has harmed nobody goes to jail for years.
Zambian Lesbian
March 4, 2014 at 12:53 am
Like any other dictator, UG’s “Mu 7 ni” is addicted to attention. And what better way to guarantee attention than promising an African utopia, free from homosexuals
Zambian Lesbian
March 4, 2014 at 1:27 am
Little known fact, there are tribes in Kenya who have a tradition of lesbian marriage, polygamy even. Enlightened women!
Kayupe
March 4, 2014 at 1:33 am
if you are curious about “gay rights” then maybe you could try googling “gay rights” instead of “man fúcking man”
Jungle Goddess
March 4, 2014 at 1:55 am
Gay rights is human rights!!
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March 4, 2014 at 2:03 pm
Misulayenu!!