I haven't been writing much on the blog about goings on in the country, but given my line of work this article caught my eye today.
Uganda: Catching Aids is Treason - Museveni

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has said contracting the deadly HIV/Aids virus is "treason."
"To die of Aids is treason. Why? Because you (would) have betrayed your family, which had invested in you and had hope that you would help them," the President said on Monday while addressing hundreds of Student Guild Council officials from 12 Ugandan Universities in Kampala. He said most youths get ruined by "running after women".

"Instead of being an asset, you become a burden (when you get infected). And afterwards, they announce (over the radios) that he died after a very long illness...is that not treason?" he asked a hushed audience. He said it was also "treason" for soldiers trained by government to die of the scourge...

(full article in The Monitor)