The U.S. has pumped billions into Uganda. Training soldiers. Buying weapons. Paying stipends. Fueling missions. From 2001 to 2019, U.S. aid to Uganda passed $8 billion. Not all military, but enough to keep the machine alive. Uganda’s army has been fed, trained, dressed, and armed by American taxpayers.
Uganda is the biggest beneficiary of U.S. funding for Somalia. Since 2007, America has put about $2.5 billion into that mission. A big slice of that cake goes to Ugandan troop