Henry Okello Oryem: Uganda minister says people dying of hunger are 'idiots'

Minister's 'only idiots die of hunger' comment sparks outrage in Uganda

Ugandan foreign affairs minister, Henry Oryem’s comment calling those who have died of hunger in his country idiots has sparked outrage. Oryem had said that the country’s favourable climate and fertile land should push Ugandans to grow food for themselves. “It’s only an idiot, a real idiot, that can die of hunger in Uganda,” the state minister for foreign affairs told the NTV Uganda television channel. “If you work hard, there is land in Uganda.…

Ugandan minister says people who die of hunger are 'idiots', faces backlash

A Ugandan minister has courted controversy for calling those who have died of hunger in the African country "idiots". Henry Okello Oryem, the state minister for foreign affairs made the tone-deaf comment.  Oryem argued that people should utilise Uganda's favourable climate and fertile land by growing food for themselves.   "It's only an idiot, a real idiot, that can die of hunger in Uganda," Oryem told the NTV Uganda television channel.

Henry Okello Oryem: Uganda minister says people dying of hunger are 'idiots'

Some say the comments are insensitive after 2,200 died of starvation and related illnesses in 2022.

Umřít v Ugandě hlady může jen naprostý idiot, prohlásil tamní ministr

Pobouření a nesouhlasné reakce vyvolalo prohlášení ugandského ministra zahraničních věcí, který reagoval na zprávy o hladomoru v severovýchodním regionu Karamoja. Henry Oryem Okello totiž ve státní televizi NTV prohlásil, že „umřít hlady může v Ugandě jen naprostý idiot“. Během vleklého období sucha v Karamoji v roce 2022 zemřelo přes dva tisíce lidí.

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