[RwandaLibre] U.S. suspends some aid to Uganda over anti-gay law

 

U.S. suspends some aid to Uganda over anti-gay law

BY PHILIPPA CROOME
KAMPALA Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:22pm EDT

(Reuters) - The United States has suspended some aid to Uganda's
ministry of health, officials said on Thursday, in its first concrete
move reported in response to the passing of an anti-homosexuality law.

The U.S. had signaled it was reviewing its ties with the East African
country after President Yoweri Museveni signed in legislation on
February 24 that punishes gay sex with jail terms up to life.

"As a result of this review process, a portion of the U.S. Centre for
Disease Control's (CDC) cooperative agreement with the Ministry of
Health has been put on hold pending this review," a senior U.S.
government official told Reuters on Thursday.

The U.S. official did not say how much aid was withheld but added the
CDC had spent $3.9 million on a ministry of health program last year.

Uganda's health ministry said it had been told it would no longer be
able to access money from a fund used to buy antiretroviral drugs and
HIV testing kits.

Ministry spokeswoman Rukia Nakamatte said the freeze would affect 50
of its workers.

The U.S. government estimates its total assistance to Uganda stood at
about $723 million in 2013. About half a million Ugandans with HIV or
AIDS receive help through U.S. programs.

The World Bank and donors - Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the
Netherlands - have already withheld aid or loans worth more than $118
million.

(Additional reporting and writing by Elias Biryabarema; editing by
Drazen Jorgic and
Andrew Heavens)

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