Uganda Scolds Donors Over Aid as Taxes Soar

The government has raised taxes in order to bridge the budget's revenue shortfall after donors cut aid, an approach deemed by President Yoweri Museveni as "high-handed".

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President Yoweri Museveni has criticised donors over aids cut.

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  • bohulunkumu
    Jun 14 2013, 09:05

    MUSEVENI MUST BE TOPPLED. MUSEVENI AND KAGAME ARE MODERN DAY SLAVE TRATDERS. THE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE WORKING TO PERPETRATE THE EXPLOITATION OF AFRICAN NATURAL RESSOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR WESTERN MASTERS. THEY HAVE WAGED WARS AND KILLED MANY BLACK AFRICANS FOR N REASON. IDI AMIN AND MOBUTU WERE BETTER IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING AFRICAN INDEPENDANCE. KILL MUSEVENI AND KILL KAGAME. AFRICA MUST UNITE.

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  • Mzungu1
    Jun 21 2013, 15:00

    I would not agree with the term heavy handed. I would counter that the governments in the developed world are responsible to their electorate, and their electorate would not approve of foreign dictators and his friends wasting their money, especially when they are taking service cuts at home. This is my point Paul

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