Uganda's Yoweri Museveni puts trains before gay rights

Uganda's president has rejected Western attempts to link international aid with progress on gay rights, saying building infrastructure was more important.

Yoweri Museveni said homosexuals need electricity, roads and trains too.

President Barack Obama has ordered US government agencies to put gay rights at the heart of foreign policy.

"Before anyone gives me a lecture about homosexuals and their rights, first talk about railways," Mr Museveni told delegates at a meeting in Kampala.