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Ugandans Apparently Consume The Most Alcohol in all of Africa

The nation with a little over 49 million citizens

TB Obwoge
Societal-Issues
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5 min readMay 30, 2023

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Monday, 29 May 2023

By: TB Obwoge

Uganda where the fresh anti-LGTBQ bill was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni. As the country leads the way in many societal ills, such as teen pregnancy, 25% of Ugandan teens become pregnant by age 19.

Gun violence is currently a growing issue in Uganda.

The rising cost of gun violence

Shootings in the capital and elsewhere claim seven lives within 14 days, an average of a fatal gunshot victim every 48 hours.

Source: The Monitor Uganda

Sexual assaults and rape by heterosexual males in Uganda is also an issue in which government refuses to solve. Now the use of alcohol consumption in the self-proclaimed Christian nation is being deemed the highest on the entire African continent.

Authors Photo

I’m not really a drinker myself, the above photo is of alcohol I purchased while living in Kenya. Under Covid-19 restrictions alcohol wasn’t to be sold in the country at the time I purchased this alcohol. It cost me under $30 USD, it was hand…

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TB Obwoge
TB Obwoge

Written by TB Obwoge

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