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Uganda's government on Wednesday denounced the United States' expansion of visa restrictions against its officials, accusing Washington of pushing an "LGBT agenda" in Africa.   The new visa restrictions announced on Monday target unidentified officials the U.S. deems responsible for undermining democracy and repressing marginalised groups in Uganda, including the LGBTQ community.   Uganda enacted one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws in May, which calls for the death penalty for certain same-sex acts.  

Recent actions by the US to dissuade American companies from investing in the country and to exclude it from a regional trade deal over its anti-gay law are rooted in a lack of respect, according to President Museveni

He said Uganda can achieve transformation growth without support of any other nation.

Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has tackled the Western World leaders over the United State purported plans to expel Uganda, Gabon, Niger and the Central African Republic (CAR) from a special US-Africa trade programme. Recall that SaharaReporters earlier reported that the President Joe Biden-led US government decided to remove the four African countries from the trade programme over alleged violation of human rights. The US introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in 2000.

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