Uganda anti-gay bill author says aid cuts small price to pay

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Uganda anti-gay bill author says aid cuts small price to pay

By Drazen Jorgic and Philippa Croome KAMPALA (Reuters) - The author of Uganda's new anti-gay bill that imposes tough jail terms for homosexual acts said aid cuts imposed by disapproving Western donors were a price worth paying to protect the east African nation's moral values. Lawmaker David Bahati, who first sought the death penalty for some acts when he introduced the law in 2009, said aid suspensions were tantamount to blackmail but that he expected more to follow. The donor backlash after President Yoweri Museveni's approval of the bill last week, imposing jail sentences of up to life for gay sex, reflects a gulf in social attitudes between the West and conservative African governments. The World Bank, Norway and Denmark have withheld or diverted aid totaling about $110 million.

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