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Africa doesn't need 'sinful' Western aid

(Jul 04 2014 at 05:57am)

Cape Town – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has

reportedly urged Africans to avoid “sinful” Western aid

after donors cut funding over anti-gay laws enacted in his

country.

Museveni signed the controversial anti-gay law in

February . The law calls for "repeat homosexuals" to be

jailed for life, outlaws the promotion of homosexuality and

obliges Ugandans to denounce gays to the authorities.

Washington froze some aid programmes last month and

barred entry to the US for specific Ugandan officials

involved in "human rights abuses", including against the

gay community.

But according to The Telegraph , Museveni said his

country needs no aid and would in actual fact become

self-reliant.

Museveni said aid that came with conditions such as fair

treatment of gays was "unreligious" and "sinful", adding

that Africans did not need handouts if they stopped

sleeping and worked hard.

Several more Western countries have also reduced funding

to Museveni's government.

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