Irish Examiner, 27th October 2005

Letter to the Editor by John O'Shea

Sir,

Tyrannical former Ugandan Prime Minister Milton Obote was given a full state funeral last week – despite being accused of killing 500,000 of his own people.

The Ugandan government which receives €35 million in aid from the Irish Government every year sent seven ministers to the airport in Kampala to receive the remains.

Obote had been living in Zambia – another recipient of millions of Irish Government aid since being ousted in 1985.

Yours sincerely,

JOHN O'SHEA,
GOAL, PO Box 19,
Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.