tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166904158944412597.post5206701939524922435..comments2023-08-26T11:28:11.346+01:00Comments on Kill the Bill Uganda: Business to FollowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166904158944412597.post-8864598061386512242013-02-12T12:17:59.474+00:002013-02-12T12:17:59.474+00:00Here's my letter:
Dear Sir/Madam,
You may be...Here's my letter:<br /><br />Dear Sir/Madam,<br /><br />You may be aware that Uganda’s Parliament is looking to pass a vehemently anti-human rights bill which would pave the way for persecution and violence towards gay people in the country.<br /><br />The Bahati Bill was first tabled in 2009 and is currently #7 on the Notice of Business to Follow.<br /><br />It has come to wide public attention that the Government of Uganda plan to approach your bank for a loan: $34,050,000 to increase rice production and $9.75 to scale up a Millennium Village project.<br /><br />I would like to ask you to suspend all financial loans to Uganda until the Bahati Bill has been removed from the table.<br /><br />Even if you don’t agree on human rights grounds, you cannot argue with financial sense. Recently, Keith Muhakanizi, Deputy Secretary to the Ugandan Treasury, spoke out about how the Bahati Bill is damaging Uganda’s economy, stating:<br /><br />“I have never seen a country like this where politicians hurt the economy instead of building it.”<br /><br />Taking a stand on this point makes both moral and economic sense.<br /><br />Agreeing further loans suggests that an investor places their own financial interests higher than the value of human life and dignity.<br /><br />As a large investor in Uganda’s economy, you have the opportunity to make a difference on this matter.<br /><br />Yours Faithfully,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com