World Bank to implement LGBTQ safeguards before resuming new Uganda funding
rfi.frAnti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), which was enacted in May and prescribes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, has unleashed a torrent of abuse against LGBTQ+ people, mostly by private individuals."We're doing all this to clarify this is not what you should be doing in World Bank-financed projects and to say you are allowed to do it the right way and you will be not be arrested," Kwakwa said, on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's annual meetings in Marrakech, Morocco.She declined to give a timeline for assessing the measures' efficacy and moving to a decision on whether to resume new funding for Uganda."We have discussed this at length with government.
Government is comfortable with that," Kwakwa said.When the World Bank suspended new funding on 8 August, Ugandan officials accused the development finance institution of hypocrisy, saying it was lending to countries in the Middle East and Asia that have the same or harsher laws targeting LGBTQ+ people.The government would need to revise its budget to reflect the suspension's potential financial impact, a junior finance minister said at the time.The World Bank's portfolio of projects in Uganda was $5.2 billion at the end of 2022.
