UGANDA’s god-besotted, “born-again Christian” President Yoweri Museveni, above, has claimed that that several American companies have stopped importing textiles Uganda because of its draconian anti-homosexuality law.
The homosexuals in the US are interfering with our export of textiles. Some of the orders have been cancelled there.
His words appear in a BBC report this week that says the Biden administration revealed plans to expel Uganda, Gabon, Niger and the Central African Republic (CAR) from a special US-Africa trade programme.
The countries were either involved in “gross violations” of human rights or not making progress towards democratic rule, President Biden said.
The US introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) in 2000.
It gives eligible sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to the US for more than 1,800 products.
Biden said that Niger and Gabon—both of which are currently under military rule following coups this year—are ineligible for Agoa because:
They have not established, or are not making continual progress toward establishing the protection of political pluralism and the rule of law.
He also said that the removal of the CAR and Uganda from the programme was due to “gross violations of internationally recognised human rights” by their governments.
In May, the US government had said it was considering removing Uganda from Agoa and introducing sanctions on the country after it passed a controversial anti-homosexuality law.
The law, which imposes a death penalty on people found guilty of engaging in certain same-sex acts, has faced global criticism.
In a letter addressed to the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Biden said:
Despite intensive engagement between the United States and the Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger, and Uganda, these countries have failed to address United States concerns about their non-compliance with the Agoa eligibility criteria.
US data also show that Uganda exported goods worth $174m to the US last year, while Gabon and Niger recorded US exports of $220m and $73m respectively in the same period.
In August this year the World Bank suspended new funding to Uganda in response to the anti-LGBT+ law.
UK funds a Ugandan religious organisation to the tune of £134,000
Meanwhile, it’s been revealed in an AllOut petition against UK funding of homophobic religious groups in Uganda and elsewhere in Africa that £134,000 of UK Aid money was sent to the Inter Religious Council of Uganda, “a very anti LGBTQ organisation.”
Created by AllOut’s Tarin Unwin and addressed to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the petition, which I have signed—and I hope readers will do so too—says:
This may have contributed to the extreme laws recently passed there against LGBTQ people. I believe most people in the UK are in favour of equality and fair play so this seems an entirely wrong use of tax payers money. I am all for the UK using some money to help in constructive ways overseas through the Aid budget but I do not believe it should be given to groups who are working against the equality values which are enshrined in British law by promoting discrimination against LGBTQ people or other groups. Please could the government look at distributing aid money in a way that reflects the best of British values and our laws about equality for all , for example the Equality Act 2014.
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