Uganda: Museveni's HIV Remarks May Be Disruptive

opinion

Kampala — This week, HIV/Aids was not my topic. But the insensitivity of President Museveni's statement calling for a death sentence for people who spread the virus, cannot go unchallenged. He has implicitly called for the stigmatisation, discrimination and shunning of persons infected with HIV/Aids.

The proviso of "knowingly" is of no relevance. This is a virus which is spread in so many ways. I am sure he has relatives, subordinates and thousands of citizens infected with the virus and many of them have succumbed to death.

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