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00:00 Uganda media says the country could lose up to $400 million in US funding because of parliament's
00:05 recent vote on the anti-homosexuality bill.
00:08 The US has delayed a major aid plan for over 1 million HIV/AIDS sufferers for the next
00:14 year because the proposed laws would jeopardise access to treatment for the LGBTQ+ community.
00:22 Washington is Uganda's biggest donor, earning just under $1 billion every year.
00:28 In 2014, the US used this relationship to pressure Kampala over a similar law.
00:33 This month, Museveni sent the homophobic bill back to parliament for revision.
00:38 He's asked his MPs not to criminalise being homosexual but still penalise same-sex sexual
00:44 relations.
00:45 If it's amended, Museveni says he's ready to sign the bill into law, even in the face
00:49 of continued criticism from the West.
00:52 Foreign interference may also have undermined LGBTQ+ rights in Uganda this week.
00:57 British media proved that government aid funds finance anti-LGBT evangelical groups in Uganda
01:03 for years.
01:04 The UK said the funding stopped in February.