We should be careful with money for Uganda

JOHN O’Shea’s article criticising Irish Government aid to Uganda (Irish Examiner, August 20) provides a welcome insight into some of the dilemmas facing governments when considering aid to less fortunate countries.

Mr O'Shea's criticism of the wisdom of sending funds to a regime in country which appears to have to endure endemic corruption is well-founded.

We, as a nation, cannot in good conscience send a single euro while the possibility exists that it might be misappropriated, and taken away from those that need it most.