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PRESS
RELEASE
 UGANDA
PLEDGES $200,000 TO HURRICANE RELIEF
(WASHINGTON,
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005) The
government of the Republic of Uganda has pledged $200,000 toward relief
and rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Ugandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa said the money will
be donated to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, led by former Presidents
George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. “The Government of Uganda
extends its sympathies to the people affected by Hurricane Katrina,”
said Minister Kutesa.
“We know that, under the guidance of the two former presidents,
money collected by the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund will go where it
is needed most and where it can be used best,” said Kutesa,
who is in Washington on previously-scheduled business.
President Yoweri Museveni said that “the United States has been
generous in responding to natural and humanitarian disasters all over
the world, including in Africa. Uganda has more than once been the
beneficiary of this generosity, and justice requires us to aid the
people in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama who have lost their
homes and loved ones.”
President
Museveni added: “We appreciate that, as elder statesmen, Presidents
Bush and Clinton are devoting their leadership skills to raising money
to help the suffering.”
Minister
Kutesa noted that the $200,000 contribution will be transferred to
the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund immediately.
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202-726-7100 or abayombo@aol.com
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