New Vision (Kampala)

Uganda: US to Give Sh400m Military Aid

19 June 2003

Kampala — UGANDA will receive US$200,000 (about sh400m) in military aid from the US following the non-surrender agreement the two governments signed last week, reports Jude Etyang.

President Yoweri Museveni, while on a visit to the US, signed the non-surrender pact with Secretary of State Collin Powell, exempting US soldiers on international combat assignments from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Uganda like 63 other countries in the world which receive US military aid, had up to July 1 to sign the non-surrender pact or risk losing the aid.

Under the pact, Uganda and the US will not surrender their citizens wanted for war crimes to the ICC without consent.

Tagged: Aid and Assistance, East Africa, External Relations, Uganda, U.S., Canada and Africa

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