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[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@Dr_Watenga

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@URAuganda @DailyMonitor @newvisionwire @ntvuganda @nbstv @bbossa @kkabahweza @SRKimbugwe @rkalumba1 This information is a positive step toward enhancing transparency, promoting compliance, and encouraging investment.

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@mkiboneka I'm still figuring out why the gnuts are in katasa🤷‍♀️

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@Rita_Arinaitwe @KCCAUG those traffic lights cause unnecessary jam on that stretch. The traffic lights at the junction to Naguru and from Minister's village are enough to control the traffic. Times when those lights do not work, there's proper movt of cars. Plz reconsider

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@bkabumba Happy birthday @bkabumba

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@CitizenReportUG 💃💃

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@taitangetich @SandraNabasirye

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@MuhweziIsaac03 @SandraNabasirye DM

[D.od @dodmichaela]

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[Nada Andersen @NadaAndersen]

URGENT CALL blood donors O-, please come to UBTS - Nakasero Blood Bank. There is a lady in dire need of four units at Nsambya Hospital. If due, please donate. Thank you. RT, please. Life saviour may be on your TL.

[Nada Andersen @NadaAndersen]

If anyone asks you for your ZIP code, don't say Uganda doesn't have them. We do. Here's the list. https://t.co/j1x5hV6Ogz

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@odongmanuel @MarkRuhindi @MarkRuhindi, there are a lot of people that would benefit from your tax master classes to learn that @URAuganda is not out to take anyone out of business.

[Hotel La Vena @HotelLavena]

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Kindly DM us to redeem your offer!
Looking forward to hosting you..🤝
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[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Once more, African writers from the continent and diaspora have provided us some literary gems. Top novels of 2023, in no particular order
https://t.co/xWWtLAn6iZ

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@NimerSultany @bkabumba this reminds me your lectures on the nature of intl law and its nuances. International law students at @MakerereLaw are now on notice for the deep analysis that will be expected of them.

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@mkiboneka Naye, ofaaki n'ensi!!

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@bkabumba @JNkuubi @MakerereLaw Interfacing with the opponent who reads every page of the thesis and is very passionate about the subject is not easy. You have to enlist your A-game.
Well done @JNkuubi 👏👏
Thank you @bkabumba for taking us to school again

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@KakandeAlex From your estimates, what would be the value of 160m in 10 years ?

[John Musiime @Jonekyoma]

ALCOHOL IS BIG BUSINESS, WE LOVE IT BUT, CAN WE HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION?

In the coming few days expect a lot of dishonesty from a lot of the main stream media and “online thought leaders” a.k.a. Influencers on the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill, 2003.

The simple reason is that alcohol is one of, if not the biggest source of advertising revenue, sponsorships etc for most media outlets and personalities.

You will therefore be hearing not just from a biased media but a paid one.

The other tool you will see is the increased attack, ridiculing and demonization of the Hon. Sarah Opendi, the mover of the Private Member’s Bill.

This “ad-hominem” tactic apart from prying on the already abusive instincts of our social media, is designed to take away focus from the issues and personalize them to the Hon. Sarah Opendi.

Like those who will abuse her, she is not perfect and she need not be. If it took a perfect person to do anything, nothing would ever get done.

The other tired straw-man usual suspect who will get beaten by those for alcohol with no regulation, will be “moralists”

The fact of the matter is that while you may not find a single word on morals in the Bill, there are serious matters of public safety, public nuisance, protection of children and the like involved in this Bill.

These are what we should be discussing.

One of the other usual tactic of these “decriminalize everything, regulate nothing” crowd, is using the supposedly “enlightened, educated, travelled, exposed” “modernization” “authority” to intellectually bully others and peddle dishonesty.

If these well traveled, educated, liberal social media personalities were being honest, they would tell you that Uganda almost stands alone in having no law to regulate the sell, consumption and advertising of alcohol.

On my own travels in the US and Europe, I am always sure to have my passport about me because especially white waiters and waitresses have asked me for proof of being above 18 before serving me any alcoholic beverage on many occasions.

The United States has a National law requiring each state to enact laws on minimum age for alcoholic consumption.
Kenya, Tanzania, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland etc all have specific laws on the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.

Uganda does not have any comparable laws. So, the favorite excuse of “the matter is covered by existing laws” for those opposing new laws is not available this time.

As a matter of public health, there is no debate in the medical world over the fact that alcohol is the single biggest risk factor for ill-health, disability and death.

That’s why even in the West, the citadel of a permissive world view, public health experts (not moralists!) are calling for the ban of alcohol advertising. https://t.co/22KgEimOvO

Everyone in Uganda and ironically even among those you will see lampooning any effort for regulation, is affected by alcohol. We have family members and friends who are either dead or struggling, with alcohol if not alcoholism.

Like on the 19 August 2023, every year, the media reports Uganda being one of the leading alcohol consuming countries in the world! https://t.co/w4yKA5FjcB.

Given the dire situation of the negative effects of a lack of or very weak regulation of alcohol in Uganda, the only thing we should be discussing is how but not whether the sale, consumption and marketing of alcohol should be regulated.

On this, a public commentator worthy any salt, owes their readers/viewers the ethic of honesty on the glaring need for regulation.

The lip service of robotically repeating:

“alcohol is not for sale to persons under 18 years old. Do not drink and drive. Drink responsibly” has never worked except as window dressing.

This time, let’s have a serious and honest conversation.

[Aminah Sarah @Amynahsarah]

@TonyNatif @KagutaMuseveni @URAuganda Tax holidays are a preserve of the Ministry of Finance. URA's mandate is the administration of tax laws.