For Uganda and Ethiopia, it’s $200m less in US aid
US plans to spend $3.06 billion in the region, a drop from $3.75 billion two years ago, even though what it actually spent was lower. TEA GRAPHIC | NMG
Uganda and Ethiopia will be the biggest losers in the region in the US President Donald Trump administration proposal to do away with all funding through the development assistance account, instead channelling these monies towards economic assistance.
According to a State Department budget document seen by The EastAfrican, the 2017/18 budget proposes a 30.8 per cent cut to overall foreign aid. In Africa, Washington is looking at saving $777.1 million from the proposed budget cuts prepared early this month.
