While interacting with his legislators at a caucus yesterday in Kololo independence grounds, President H.E Gen. Yoweri Museveni told the group to be prepared for the barrage of economic sanctions that would hit the country as donors threaten to withdraw aid.
“One of the things they’re threatening is to kill our 1.2million people who have been surviving on PEPFAR funds to buy drugs for HIV/AIDS, so that we don’t buy the drugs for our people, and they die,” the President noted after receiving information that the bill for AIDS medicine is $260 million.
The president suggested that some administrative costs will be cut including the salary of Members of Parliament if government is to balance with repercussions of the sanctions.
“This is a simple matter which we can fight but parasites can’t fight. If you fear to sacrifice, you cannot fight. In order for you to fight I want to first cure you of parasitism. Europe is lost and they also want us to be lost. Those who want an easy life will end up being prostitutes,” the President emphasized.
The president was also advised by the Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka that the Bill gets revised to include amnesty for those LGBTQ members who would wish to be rehabilitated.
“This country has issued amnesty for people who have carried out criminal activities of treasonous nature against this country. A similar provision would be provided in this law to ensure that a person who comes out on his own is not criminalized,” said AG Kiwanuka.
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“In that regard I would like to beg the Members of Parliament and implore them to allow Your Excellency to return this bill so that we can address that matter,” the Attorney General.
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