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New Vision (Kampala) - October 3, 2005
Liden, the Fund's head of communication, said the Sunday Vision story that the suspension had been lifted was not true. The paper quoted health minister Major General Jim Muhwezi and the Ugandan Mission in Geneva as saying the ban had been removed.
In a statement, Liden said, "The Global Fund did not lift the suspension of the grants to Uganda. On the contrary, it reaffirmed that it is solely the responsibility of the Global Fund's secretariat to impose, or lift suspensions of grants. The East Africa Delegation to the Global Fund Board did indeed make a motion for the board to lift the suspension, but this motion was withdrawn after it became clear that there was no support for such a motion among any of the 20 other board members."
"The situation in Uganda is unchanged. With the exception of life-saving expenditures as agreed between the Global Fund and the Ministry of Finance, all five grants to Uganda remain suspended.
The Global Fund is working very closely with the Ministry of Finance (the principal recipient of all five grants) and is optimistic that the management concerns raised by the Global Fund will be addressed in a way that will enable a lifting of the suspension by the end of October, or soon thereafter," Liden added.
Muhwezi told Sunday Vision from Geneva that "the matter was discussed and the board agreed that the suspension be lifted immediately."
It was stated that the decision to lift the suspension was taken at the 11th Global Fund Governing Council meeting held in Geneva from September 27 to 30, following a petition by the representative of Eastern and Southern Africa region, who is also Minister of Health of Angola, Jose Vieira Dias Van-Dunem. Muhwezi and other government officials have been in Geneva for the meeting.
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