Drinking hours to be restricted
By Henry Mukasa
and James Odong
YOU might have a deeper pocket and in the habit of drowning in alcohol anytime you wish, but that is set to change within a few months.
Stung by the World Health Organisation (WHO) report ranking Uganda as having the highest alcohol per-capita, government will soon institute a policy to regulate drinking hours.
The Prime Minister, Prof. Apolo Nsibambi, yesterday directed the ethics and integrity minister, Tim Lwanga, to study the alcohol problem and come up with a policy within three months.
People are drinking a lot of alcohol. This matter affects a number of ministries. Its a health hazard. The Minister of Ethics and Integrity should interface with other ministries and come up with a policy within three months to study the quantum, cause of the problem and possible panacea, Nsibambi told Parliament yesterday.
Nsibambis directive was in response to concern by Sarah Kiyingi (Rakai) that
WHO had
ranked Uganda as champions of alcohol and radio presenters had made the tragedy a joke as if it were a score for the country.
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