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

Uganda: Outrage after minister says ‘only an idiot’ can die of hunger in his country  - Face2Face Africa

Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Henry Okello Oryem has drawn the ire of the public after he labeled people who have died of hunger in the East African nation as “idiots.” According to BBC, a report from an official human rights body stated that over 2,200 people in north-east Uganda died as a result of hunger and associated diseases in 2022.  Besides the hunger-related deaths, the famine in the northeastern part of the East African nation has …

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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