Uganda president declares ban on used clothing imports from the West

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    Uganda president declares ban on used clothing imports from the West, says items are coming from dead people

    • President Yoweri Museveni has declared a ban on secondhand clothing from the West, citing that the items came from those who died in America or Europe.
    • Museveni, who has not yet enforced the ban, would need to take more legal steps in order to successfully impose the embargo.
    https://www.foxnews.com/world/ugand...mports-west-says-items-coming-dead-people.amp

    Personally, I find it comforting knowing that someone with my exact body shape has very recently died. :clyde:
     
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    Uganda: the lab-rat country for American fundie-Christianity.
    The insanity is about what you'd expect.
     
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    Maybe he just meant Nigeria.

     
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    Western donations of clothing do tend to damage or destroy the textile industry in various African countries. But it doesn't sound like that's the Ugandan president's motive here, he just seems like a nutjob.
     
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