Ms Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera:

I thank Deputy Durkan. We have been discussing with donor countries the need to put policies in place and guidelines on how the aid should reach the communities to which it is directed. Some have made this very clear. The German and Swedish Governments have come out very clearly on this but we have not yet heard it from other governments. We have told them that if the government does not have clear policies on how this aid should reach the communities our government will continue to discriminate and to leave out a group of people. It said openly in 2008 that it did not have funds to include men who have sex with men in the HIV-AIDS policies yet we know that Uganda receives a lot of donor aid to fight HIV and AIDS.

It would be very much appreciated if this committee were to discuss this issue with other committees in the European Union.