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. [email protected] e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
