President Museveni's assent to the anti-gay bill sparked off a debate with a spinoff into the old "foreign aid" controversy.
Grave concerns, complete with the threat of aid cuts, have been chorused by western countries. Further aid cuts at this point couldn't be worse for Uganda, coming on the heels of the 2012 suspension of nearly $300 million of budget support to Uganda by western countries in response to the reported misappropriation of up to Shs 50bn in the Office of the Prime Minister.
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