Uganda: EU Poll Report to Determine UK $9 Billion Aid

Nairobi — Britain is waiting for a European Union report on Uganda's February presidential and parliamentary elections, before deciding on whether to release 15 billion pounds ($9.375 billion) withheld last year.

The money was part of $73 million that donors cut or diverted from aid to the government citing concerns over the high public administration costs and the talk of a level political playing field. "We will only review our decision after the European Union releases its election report," Duncan Katuramu, the information manager at the British High for the UK's Department for International Development (DfID)told The EastAfrican.

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