Uganda Hammers World Bank for Funding Halt on Anti-LGBTQ Law
- President Museveni calls decision ‘provocation and arrogance’
- Shilling fell most in about eight years after Bank’s decision
Yoweri Museveni
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President Yoweri Museveni called the World Bank’s decision to stop new funding to Uganda over recently passed anti-LGBTQ legislation a “provocation and arrogance” meant to intimidate the nation.
“Some of these imperialist actors are insufferable,” Museveni said in a statement Thursday. “You have to work hard, to restrain yourself from exploding with anger. They are so shallow, they do not know when and where to stop.”