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Alcohol Manufacturers to Hon Opendi: You joke too much

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Our Reporter February 3, 2023
Updated 2023/02/03 at 8:06 AM
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Alcohol manufacturers in Uganda have expressed reservations on the proposed Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill saying it is “diversionary” and “regressive.”

This was during another stakeholders’ meeting with the drafter of the bill, Hon. Sarah Opendi (NRM, Tororo District Woman MP) at Parliament on Wednesday, 01 February 2023.

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The Chairperson of Uganda Alcohol Industry Association (UAIA), Francis Onapito Ekomoloit, said the bill would only be relevant if it targeted the 65 per cent of illicit and unlicensed alcohol in the market. He proposed that the title of the bill should be changed to ‘Illicit Alcoholic Control Bill.’

RENAME BILL: Onapito Ekomoloit (R) and sector players at the stakeholder engagement for the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill

“This is so because 65 per cent of the alcohol consumed in Uganda is illicit and unlicensed. That is the bill that is needed,” Ekomoloit said, adding that the bill should exclude the 35 per cent of alcohol that is controlled and licensed.

“You cannot bring a bill to control what is already controlled because my group [UAIA] is dealing with controlled alcohol. We are fully having production licenses by law and that is a requirement by Uganda Revenue Authority,” he said.

UAIA which has existed for over 20 years is an organisation that brings together alcoholic beverages manufacturers and distributors in Uganda.

Ekomoloit, who is also the Director for Legal and Corporate Affairs at Nile Breweries Limited, said the bill in its current state is an attack on peoples’ freedom to socialise, an attack on farmers and the treasury.

“Anything in the bill which reduces our ability to sell is an attack on the treasury; it is an attack on jobs. This alcohol industry contributes about a trillion shillings to the economy……alcohol should be made freely available for all adults,” he said.

Ekomoloit is also opposed to the proposal to limit drinking hours saying, “There is no evidence that the person who drinks in the morning is necessarily abusing alcohol.”

Juliana Kaggwa, the vice chairperson of UAIA, and also Director of Corporate Relations at Uganda Breweries Limited, said the bill is bad for the country’s economy. “The alcohol industry is contributing 4.9 per cent of the GDP which is above one trillion shillings in tax. We are employing people in the entire value chain which starts with farmers,” Kaggwa said.

The mover of the private member’s bill, Hon. Opendi said the motivation to bring this bill is derived from her experience in the communities.

“Even when I was a minister, people in Karamoja became a target of those producing illicit alcohol and whenever we went to Karamoja, there was always an outcry from the leaders to regulate alcohol in their communities,” she said.

The draft bill seeks to regulate the manufacture, importation, sale, and consumption of alcohol and prohibits the sale of alcohol to specified persons such as law enforcement officers and persons below the age of 18 years. It also seeks to prohibit the sale of alcohol in passenger service vehicles and also intends to regulate the time of sale of alcohol.

TAGGED: Alcohol bill, Juliana Kaggwa, Onapito Ekomoloit, Sarah Opendi
Our Reporter February 3, 2023
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