Here is why the donor aid cuts are the best thing to happen to Uganda

In the absence of foreign aid the government will not love us any more than it does, but it will have to respect us and our views.

We are a country that, before independence, was lending and donating money to Britain. Fifty years later, the donors might have unknowingly helped cut the umbilical cord that has kept us dependent on them.

We come from a culture of honest hard work. Begging to take care of one’s family is not in our DNA. It is time for us to get rid of the greedy charlatans and live honestly but modestly. In order to do that, we must not waste this crisis.

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