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Mukisa expected the queer community to support him financially, believing that LGBTIQ organisers had raised large amounts of money for his welfare while he was incarcerated.
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Activist Herman Shasha, who was in the court in Kampala, he said that the justices had taken the position on the right to health because the government “can’t fund our health care system.”
“So they’re baiting the donors, yet the health care workers are intimidated not to treat LGBTQIA Ugandans,” he said.
“The sanctions are unjust. They are punitive,” he said. “They are bullish because they know that we cannot do anything against it. And it’s just deliberate to punish the speaker for her role and leadership to fight LBGTQ and homosexuality in Uganda.”
The hospitality industry is hurting, hoteliers say. Textile makers say buyers in the United States, in Britain and around Europe have canceled orders, fearing that a “Made in Uganda” label on a garment is now bad for business. Construction companies in Uganda say Western financial backers are spooked.
As a result, the World Bank said "no new public financing to Uganda will be presented to our Board of Executive Directors" pending a review of the efficacy of new measures put up in the context of the new legislation.
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