Uganda says will keep anti-gay law despite West cutting aid
The West has cut off millions of dollars in aid to Uganda after the country introduced harsh new penalties for homosexuality. Uganda has said it can do without the aid and it will show “the world does not owe them a living.” Uganda has faced a barrage of criticism for a new law that imposes tough penalties for homosexuality. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a bill into law Monday that introduces life sentences for gay sex and same-sex marriage and criminalizes “homosexual propaganda.” The western world reacted sharply to the new law with US State Secretary John Kerry condemning it as “morally wrong” and compared it to the crackdown on Jews in Germany in the 1930s. Three European countries have already taken measures to cut millions of dollars of aid going to the Ugandan government. The Netherlands has said it is stopping all aid going to the Ugandan government, but will continue to support non-governmental groups. Norway and Denmark took similar action, slas...