US: We may shift Uganda aid to alternative needy country

>Sweden is advocating a new development mechanism for Africa that will secure a win-win situation for developing economies, a visiting foreign minister has said.

Uganda can stand on her own and fully fund its budget even if all Western countries decided to withdraw financial support over the anti-gay law, the Finance minister has said.

Kampala. Uganda on Monday stood by plans to send more than 240 of its health workers to the Caribbean despite a Belgian threat to cut 11 million euros in aid. Last week Belgium’s cooperation minister, Alexander De Croo, said his country was suspending a transfer of development money destined for the east African nation’s health sector.

>Belgium deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has said his country’s €uro 11 million (about sh34 billion) aid to Uganda remains frozen as a sign of discontent over government adamancy to export at least 263 medical specialists, 90 per cent from public hospitals, to the Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago.

The United States has not cut any aid to Uganda in response to the recently enacted anti-homosexuality law, the State Department said on Wednesday.

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the UK, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the World Bank. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFPInternational donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.
The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto...

 The East African Court of Justice Appellate Division heard an appeal filed by the Democratic Party (Appellant) against the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC) (1st Respondent) and the Attorneys General of the Republics of Uganda (2nd Respondent), Kenya (3rd Respondent), Rwanda (4th Respondent) and Burundi (5th Respondent).
The matter appeals the decision of the First Instance Division of 26th November 2013 dismissing the case. The case principally challenges the alleged...

Charity organisations have donated items worth over Sh6 million to the Bukumbi Care Centre for the Disabled.

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INDIVIDUALS as well as public and private institutions have been urged to support children living in difficult conditions. The appeal was made by the patron of Diana Women Empowerment Organisation (DIWEO), Engineer Emmanuel Ole Naiko at an event to ...