Thank you Daktari Driwale for this observation.
1) It may be time for you to bring this issue to the attention of the
politicians in your capacity as as the top medical professional in the
district for discussion.
2) I would also hope that KOCISONET and othe CSOs would educate the
population about this drink.
Likewise, those who have access to the media should take on to the
airwaves and discuss the dangers of this poison among our people.
3) Grace and Hassan Nginya -- our people are waiting for you to take
action like teh Acholi have and ban this drink forthright!
4) Members of Parliament should request the Uganda Bureau of Standards
to test and certify that this potent gin is fit for consumption. They
should also brign the issue to the national parliament and request its
regulation and have its sales suspended ASAP pending results of the
Standards Bureau testing.
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On Fri, 7/5/13, Driwale Alfred <driwalealf...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Kobokonet] Acholi moves to ban sachet waragi
To: koboko...@yahoogroups.com
Received: Friday, July 5, 2013, 11:59 AM
I have observed with concern that people drunk with this
Alcohol in the sachets are not neccesarily happy as we knew
with regular Nguli or Kwete or Kpete.You never hear them
sing! They are arrogant, and agressive. Those who drink
excessively look like a snake or Pounding stick; they are
heavy on the head and flat from the shoulders through to the
buttocks. Nothing bumbs up; neither stomach nor bums and
bubs!!!!!
There is some thing that we do not know in this
alcohol!
The marketting strategies are agressive; in small cars
and penetration any small trading centre, selling in whole
sale prices to ensure that the retails are easily
affordable. I saw a middlaged man in Lima trading centre
with a chain of small sachet-let arround his neck drinking
as he was riding a bicycle.
There doses for 100/= so that children can afford with
the poorest in the community.
Since most of our local leaders have no vision
(dreams), they have no Idea how this could interfare with
their dreams(vision).
My point is that this alcohol attack on the people has
local solutions as the Acholi have said; No two things about
that, period.
Driwale
--- On Thu, 4/7/13, Emmanuelyakani
<emmanuelyak...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
From: Emmanuelyakani <emmanuelyak...@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Kobokonet] Acholi moves to ban sachet waragi
To: "koboko...@yahoogroups.com"
<koboko...@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, 4 July, 2013, 19:33
In every viable society, anything that comes from
overseas or done locally has to be checked by the local
authority and if they cause more harm to the people than benefits,
then it should be assessed, reviewed or ban. The Acholi
elders are doing the right thing and it's up to us to
tell our leaders about the mental consequences of this
alcohol and they should take their own assessment in order
to take steps accordingly. We need to continue learning and
get new ideas from outside and use them if they are relevant
to our situation. The business guys do not care as long as
they are making money. They will convince us that their
products are great but the rest will depend on us. So kakwa
youth and elders, we need to stand up to protect our people
and our land. Thanks. Yakani
On 28/06/2013, at 10:01, Charles Male <cdm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
------
> Great idea Acholi elders! We would love all teh
district councils in
> west districts to do teh honourable thing and ban all
these poisonous
> spirits. It was in 2007 while in Arua when I saw these
100 ml sachets
> handed out by some Waindi representatives. Akolo, Ayume
Male and
> myself knew commented that these spirits will one day
destry our
> people and many of them will end up on the streets with
mental health
> problems.
>
> I am not sure whether there exists a regulatroy body to
control the
> importation and sale of alchoholand spirits -- if there
is then it was
> the worst decision to authorize the sale of this 100 ml
sachet
> spirits.
>
> We hope that our local councils will issue a ban on the
spirits before
> it is too late!
>
> Charles
>
======================
> News
>
> Tuesday, 25 June 2013 23:05 Written by Alex Otto 4
Comments Acholi
> cultural leaders want a ban imposed on alcohol sold in
sachets in
> northern Uganda. They say the brew is a catalyst for
land conflicts
> and low production in the post-conflict region.
>
> “We don’t want alcohol that brings insanity and
blindness in the
> region,” said Peter Lugai, Acholi traditional chief.
>
> “Alcohol those days was for leisure, and it was
naturally brewed, but
> this alcohol in sachets is very bad for human health;
as leaders we
> should get a way to get rid of it.”
>
> Lugai made these remarks during a recent meeting
organised by the
> Uganda Association of Female Lawyers in Gulu to discuss
alcohol abuse
> in the region. The chief challenged the minister of
Trade, Amelia
> Kyambadde, to walk a fine line between
minding about people’s health
> and encouraging business.
>
> “Even though this alcohol brings in money, it is also
very dangerous.
> So, we in Acholi are saying no to this kind of alcohol.
We want to
> ensure development in the region and this cannot happen
when people
> are drunk and some made weak by such kind of
alcohol,” he said.
>
> Collins Opoka, another traditional leader of Bwona in
Koch, Gulu
> district, was more radical in his approach, proposing
that all cheap
> alcohol should be banned in Gulu.
>
> “You taste this alcohol today, it tastes different
and the next time
> you taste it again, it does not taste the same. Having
drunk it, many
> people have more than two or three wasted days due to
hangovers,”
> Opoka claimed.
>
> The leaders also alleged that alcohol is a leading
cause of domestic
> violence in the
region.
>
> “Uganda National Bureau of Standards should check on
this carefully
> because where this alcohol is produced, they reportedly
don’t consume
> it. In fact, in Kenya if they get you consuming that
kind of alcohol,
> you are arrested,” said Michael Tebere, technical
advisor of the Gulu
> district chairperson.
>
> Three Gulu sub-counties of Odek, Lakwana and Lalogi
plan to pass
> by-laws regulating alcohol consumption.
>
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