I'll give you one guess why....
"Uganda rebuffs critics of antigay law" by Rodney Muhumuza | Associated Press, February 22, 2014
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s president said he wants no lectures from Western governments opposed to the country’s controversial antigay bill, signaling he is set to sign it into law.
President Yoweri Museveni, who faces pressure within the ruling party to sign the bill, said in a statement released Friday that countries ‘‘should relate with each other on the basis of mutual respect and independence.’’
‘‘Africans do not seek to impose their views on anybody,’’ Museveni said in the statement, which was published in the government-controlled New Vision as a response to US criticism of the bill. ‘‘We do not want anybody to impose their views on us.”
How unreasonable!
President Obama said in a statement Sunday that the bill is a ‘‘step backward for all Ugandans’’ and warned that enacting it would ‘‘complicate’’ the East African country’s relationship with Washington.
Translation: we will threaten sanctions, but need the Ugandan military so we won't make a big deal out of it.
The bill is widely popular in Uganda, where it has been championed by Christian clerics and politicians who say it is necessary to deter Western homosexuals from ‘‘recruiting’’ Ugandan children.
There is that sick sect that want to break down barriers, destroy families, and get in kids pants, yeah. I don't think preadolescents should be given 50 ways to feel your Facebook.
Some Ugandan gays say the measure was orchestrated in 2009 by US evangelicals who wanted to spread their antigay agenda in Africa....
Defending traditional values from attack is now antigay. never mind the Jewish-controlled extreme agenda being rammed down our throats.
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Related:
Uganda passes tough antigay bill
Uganda leader to sign antigay bill
In rare move, Uganda leader tested for HIV in public
Looks like Uganda is just one big leper colony:
"Israel resettles migrants in Uganda" by Tia Goldenberg | Associated Press, February 20, 2014
JERUSALEM — Israel has begun sending dozens of African migrants to Uganda, an Israeli official said Wednesday, a move that has sparked concerns that they are being coerced into going to a country that may not keep them safe.
The resettlement of people in Uganda, and perhaps other countries, marks a new phase in Israel’s campaign to rid itself of thousands of Africans who have poured into the country in recent years.
Oh, wow.
Migrants and activists said the arrangement, which includes a one-way ticket and a stipend, is questionable because it is unclear if there is an official agreement with Uganda that would secure the migrants’ status. They said the new arrivals risk deportation to their home countries, where they may face conflict or persecution.
Uganda, for its part, denied any deal. The Israeli official said Israel paid $3,500 each in recent weeks to about 30 migrants who agreed to leave for Uganda, though he, too, said there was no formal agreement in place. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media on the matter.
Israel officials say the relocations are done on a voluntary basis.
About 50,000 Africans, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, have poured into Israel in recent years across the southern border with Egypt.
See: Israel's Solution to Illegal Immigration
If it's good enough for them....
The Africans say they are asylum-seekers fleeing persecution and danger. Israeli officials say they are looking for employment, but the nation does not deport them because they could face danger in their conflict-ridden homelands. Critics say Israel has dragged its feet on reviewing the migrants’ claims for refugee status.
Israel has grappled with how to deal with the influx, which has caused friction with locals and alarmed authorities who say Israel’s Jewish character is threatened by the presence of the Africans.
The racist zettlers didn't take kindly to the dark-skinned Jew, 'eh?
Israel has built a fence along the border with Egypt, all but stopping the influx, and it passed a law that allows for the migrants’ detention.
If it's good enough for Israel, it is good enough for.... well, you know.
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Just remember that Uganda is a military heavyweight in the AU:
"President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has criticized Congo’s government for maintaining what he called a “Eurocentric” foreign policy that he said was indifferent to the interests of regional neighbors such as Rwanda and Uganda."
Related:
African Confusion
Rwanda Stories Stink
Whole paper stinks.
"Poachers and guerrilla movements including the Lord’s Resistance Army, which first emerged in Uganda and is classified by the United States as a terrorist group, are targeting elephants and rhinos ‘‘to satisfy increasing demand from growing middle classes across the world, particularly in Southeast Asia where ivory products and rhino horn are considered status symbols’’ and used for medicine, the authors wrote."
Good thing our middle class is gone, 'eh America?
Also see:
Notorious African rebel reportedly ill
Ugandans wonder: Is US after Kony, or oil?
Kony Kon Kollapses
Long time ago. Must be why he is ill.
