by Akan Ido
The World Bank on Thursday announced its decision to block a $90 million loan meant to assist the Ugandan government in strengthening its healthcare system.
Reports say the decision was taken in reaction to the passage of the anti-gay law which apparently did not go down well with several Western countries.
While reacting to the loan refusal, Ugandan government spokesman, Ofwono Opondo said the “World Bank is a multi-lateral institution that should not blackmail its members however small.
“We have postponed the project for further review to ensure that the development objectives would not be adversely affected by the enactment of this new law,” a World Bank spokesman said.
Read the Nigeria Eye report below:
Earlier this week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed off on one of the world’s toughest anti-gay laws despite warnings from his Western allies.
Museveni capped his defence of the law — which could see homosexuals jailed for life and requires people to denounce them — with a lurid description of his particular revulsion to oral sex.
Museveni has been in power for 28 years, a record in East Africa.
Opondo argued in another tweet that the bank’s “so-called ‘cut’ is attempted blackmail to set Ugandans against their government.”
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who earlier this week likened the law to anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany, Thursday called the Ugandan leader to express Washington’s “deep disappointment” about the legislation.
He “noted that the decision complicates the US relationship with Uganda. He also raised US concerns that this discriminatory law poses a threat to the safety and security of Uganda’s LGBT community,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
“And he urged President Museveni to ensure the safety and protection of all Ugandan citizens.”
The move follows action by Norway and Denmark to freeze or change aid programs for Uganda.
But Opondo replied by accusing the West of attempting to impose its values on Africans.
“Why does the West criminalise polygamy but allow homosexuality if indeed they are defending (freedom of association),” he said.
they should be shot for these laws and they should be sanctioned for these laws as well
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