Mukono municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke  is moving a private members bill to regulate Alcoholic drinks. Nambooze is fronting a bill known as the Alcoholic drinks control bill 2016 to repeal the Enguli Act of 1966 which is believed to not be a deterrent because of its weak penalties. She says that she is the right person to front this bill in parliament since she is part of the group taking alcohol, adding that the law is not punitive but designed for prevention and rehabilitation of alcohol abusers.

Nambooze proposes that the sale of alcohol shall be starting at 5pm to midnight on working days to encourage people who may think about taking alcohol to go for work. She says that the bill will regulate advertisement of alcohol including songs promoting taking alcohol, noting that though government gets taxes from alcohol it has not invested these taxes in addressing the effects which come with the abuse of alcohol like accidents, diseases and crimes.

She says that it will be illegal to sale alcohol to persons visibly drunk and there shall be no recovery through suit if a person fails to clear the bills for the alcohol taken and added that in this bill they will insert a section barring leaders from buying alcohol for the people.

The bill seeks to protect children from alcohol since there are many school children taking alcohol. Reports show that Uganda is ranked 8th  among the world’s best drinking nations.

Uganda Alcohol statistics by WHO

Alcohol Statistics

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The brewery industry is strongly concerned with the fast growing trends of underage alcohol consumption in the country and now the industry is strongly reminding government to expeditiously start implementing the laws that govern underage alcohol drinking.

According to the marketing manager Spirits, Edgar Birungi and the brand manager Uganda Waragi, Rhona  Namanya, its unethical for children under 18 years to consume alcohol noting that such acts are de-campaigned by Uganda breweries limited to help the under aged maintain their health. They further mention the need to have UNBS come up serious on various spirit distillers across the country which total to 60 to ensure quality that befits the consumers in the country.

The double concern raised by UBL comes at a time when the company has slashed the price of Uganda Waragi sachet from UGX.1800 to now UGX.1500 as a way of giving back to their clients.

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This is contained in the research findings collected by Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL). The programmes director of UYDEL, Rogers Mutaawe says that the majority of the Ugandan youths consume alcohol, opium and marijuana among others.

Mutaawe says that the number of youth living on drugs and alcohol is increasing in Kampala.

The youths who consume alcohol and drugs need more rehabilitation, counseling and psychosocial support treatment in order to bring them to normal life.

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What to eat

• Avocadoes
• Peanuts
• Vegetables
• Chicken
• Garlic
• Spinach
• Onions
• Watermelon

To get the best results one should stay away from alcohol and caffeine, cigarette smoking and should take enough rest.

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Insomnia is the habitual inability to sleep. Scientists tell us that almost half of all adults in the world especially in poor African countries like Uganda, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Somalia and Angola report having difficulty sleeping.

But less than 10% of the old people in the world discuss the issue of insomnia with their doctors.

Insomnia is caused by mainly stress and anxiety, aging, stimulants, including caffeine, decongestant and thyroid medications.

Habitual inability to sleep may be caused by indigestion, pain, alcohol, sugar and lack of exercise.

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Sugar is as damaging as tobacco and alcohol. Actually white Sugar is more dangerous to human beings than blown, red sugar. However many people think that there should be no way to avoid sugar because of its sweetness.

According to experts, scientists and researchers who usually freely share their findings with our health news desk, sugar is as damaging and addictive as alcohol or tobacco.

They say that using sugars, alcohol and tobacco should be regulated. These experts, scientists and researchers of the University of California say that new policies such as taxes are needed to control soaring consumption of sugar and sweeteners.

Walakira Nyanzi

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Eat foods that are rich in fats, proteins, and dense carbohydrates. The foods that are rich in carbohydrates create glucose and give energy.

Eating food before one consuming alcohol helps one to slow the absorption process and rate at which someone gets drunk.

Taking alcohol on an empty stomach can result in hunger, sickness and vomiting among other side effects.

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Over-consumption of alcohol linked is to cancer. Almost 10% of all cancers in men and 3% in women in Western Europe are caused by people drinking too much alcohol.

The scientist in German analyzed  this data from France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Netherlands, Britain  and found 50,400 out of a total of 79,100 cases of certain types of cancers including bowel and throat tumors were caused by people over drinking.

It is also good to note that alcohol and drugs misuse weakens the fight against TB and Malaria.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that the misuse of alcohol and drugs and irrational use of antibiotics has undermined the global fight against TB and Malaria.

An estimated 440.000 new cases of multidrug-resistant TB were reported last year in nearly 6o countries across the world.

Walakira Nyanzi

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New research discoveries by scientists from Harvard Medical School indicate that eating too much red meat causes cancer and heart problems.

The same discoveries indicate that eating red meat is one of the factors leading to early death.

The scientists advise that the people eating red meat should substitute its intake with other protein sources. In Most African countries such as Uganda, Botswana and South Africa red meat is mainly available to people in middle class and those well-to-do families in urban areas.

The research discoveries also reveal that eating fast foods and taking too much alcohol reduces peoples’ life expectancy. Among poor families in Africa, meat is consumed on special occasions/cerebrations and when special visitors come.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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Taban says that the tournament was organised by another person and Sadiq Amin, a grandson of Amin went there to watch.

When a person died, the police arrested him on allegations that he was the one who organised the event.

Sadiq who contested for Busia town mayorship in the recent elections was arrested by the police in Busia last week.

The man died after sipping four bottles of waragi on his way to hospital.

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