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

Uganda's state minister for foreign affairs, Henry Oryem, caused controversy by labeling those who died of hunger in the country as "idiots".
Oryem suggested that Ugandans should utilize the favorable climate and fertile land to grow their own food, implying that hunger is preventable through personal efforts.
However, critics argue that hunger in Uganda is often caused by factors beyond human control, such as climate change, and is a distribution/market problem rather than an individual failure.

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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.

6 months ago·United Kingdom

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WION

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.

6 months ago·Noida, India

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Daily Post Nigeria

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.…

6 months ago·Nigeria

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„Aki éhen hal, az hülye” – mondta Uganda külügyminisztere

„Aki éhen hal, az hülye” – mondta Uganda külügyminisztere - Nem állt meg a kijelentésekkel ennél a résznél.

6 months ago·Budapest, Hungary

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iDNES.cz

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.

6 months ago·Čestlice, Czechia

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The Zambian Observer

Ugandan minister calls people dying of hunger “idiots”

A government minister in Uganda is in trouble for calling the people who died of hunger in his country “idiots”. Many people think that Henry Okello Oryem’s comments are insensitive. In 2022, a report from a human rights group said that over 2,200 people in north-east Uganda died because they did not have enough to […]

6 months ago·Zambia

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

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

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

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

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

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

„Aki éhen hal, az hülye” – mondta Uganda külügyminisztere

„Aki éhen hal, az hülye” – mondta Uganda külügyminisztere

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

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

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