Uganda AntiGayBill: Rumours Emerge Online that Facebook & WhatsApp Intend to Suspend Operations in Uganda

The aftermath of the Anti Gay Bill is slowly taking shape and we shouldn't be surprised neither should we assume the worst is over. Rumors online have it that Mark Zuckerburg and associates are the latest to join the "Threat club" or should we call it the "Withdrawal Club! According to a statement online signed allegedly by a one Sheryl Kara Sandberg 
Chief Operations Officer Facebook, it's clear that they too will soon cut ties with Uganda.

The statement reads, "When we launched Facebook, we thought it as a platform to advance people’s rights and liberties of self expression in all form. We were equally shocked to learn that Uganda as a country had gone ahead to sign the Anti Homosexuality bill into a law.
Facebook is currently reviewing its engagement to Uganda, as we seek to come up with a voice to express our dissatisfaction. And of course, suspending our operations in Uganda is one of the options we are considering. In the event that we suspend operations in Uganda, our platforms of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp will be off for a time we shall deem necessary.
We strongly condemn the act of the Ugandan Government to overstep the rights of a minority. All humans are created equal and deserve a right to freedom and happiness.

Although the statement hasn't been confirmed yet, this latest threat if true, will see many Ugandan youth and business establishments, even government bodies losing touch with the outside world as facebook and whatsapp are quite popular here. Having acquired Whatsapp recently, Mark Zuckerburg has us by the throat on this one. Watch this space!

This comes just after Netherlands and Canada said they too will withdraw aid for the same reasons. Well if all goes south, then at least there is a new app #TELEGRAM which just launched and is an exact replica of #Whatsapp!

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More so, the US made good on their threat; in a press release from the State Department in Washington DC , US Secretary of State John Kerry said the US government has started reviewing its relationship with Uganda government but declined to say what that could mean in terms of aid or other impacts while the review is underway.

“Now that this law has been enacted, we are beginning an internal review of our relationship with the Government of Uganda to ensure that all dimensions of our engagement, including assistance programs, uphold our anti-discrimination policies and principles and reflect our values,” he said.

On the other hand, most Ugandans took to social media to thank God and the President for his "courageous" move against Western Bullies . The President did not at any point seem fazed by the threats and went ahead to tell them all off stating that they would be the ones to lose and not Uganda. “Although the US is giving us 1 Trillion shs for AIDS, most of it is being used by these NGOs running around,” Museveni said adding, “our existence is more important.

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