• Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Login
Watchdog Uganda
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Finance
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Op-Ed
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • People
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Stars
    • Politicians
  • Special Report
    • Education
  • Travel
  • Video
  • Luganda
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Finance
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Op-Ed
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • People
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Stars
    • Politicians
  • Special Report
    • Education
  • Travel
  • Video
  • Luganda
No Result
View All Result
Watchdog Uganda
No Result
View All Result

Marijuana growing is still illegal until Cabinet says so – Health ministry

Stephen Kalema by Stephen Kalema
2 years ago
in Health, National, News
6 0
Marijuana growing is still illegal until Cabinet says so – Health ministry
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

It is still unlawful to grow marijuana anywhere in the country health minister Jane Ruth Aceng has said.

This, despite news that several companies are already growing the plant in some regions of the country.

According to minister Aceng, anyone found growing marijuana be for medicinal purposes or recreation before Cabinet makes an approval will be punished.

Hill Water

“Government has not considered growing this plant here legally. Although some investors in Kasese, Gulu and some other places have started growing it, we have to wait until the Cabinet makes a definite decision,” she said at Media Centre in Kampala, before urging police to arrest whoever is found growing the crop.

According to the health ministry, the capacity of implementing regulations to protect Ugandans from its dangers is costly.

“Growing this plant is very easy but setting up regulations to manage this activity is very expensive. I can’t tell if we can. In one of the states in the United States of America where they legalized it, over Shs131trillion is spent only on implementing regulations,” Dr Aceng said.

Because of this reason, Cabinet needs time to first asses how planting it will be regulated and handled.

“I don’t know if people understand clearly how dangerous this crop is. That is why as a ministry, we can’t decide on this. It’s up to Cabinet now,” she added.

According to the study by Rogers Kasirye, the executive director of Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL),  African governments are too weak to manage the cost of growing Marijuana or Cannabis.

“The plant is not only posing a threat to lives of young people but in the near future natural forest will be wiped out. The harm being caused by marijuana is great as soil cover is destroyed as land is let to waste,” Kasirye, also a researcher, writes.

 

 



Do you have a story in your community or an opinion to share with us: Email us at editorial@watchdoguganda.com

Share1Tweet1Send
Previous Post

Bamweyana leaves Villa 21 games later and a ‘more divided’ dressing room

Next Post

American actor Nick Cannon praises Uganda’s beauty

Next Post
American actor Nick Cannon at the Source of the Nile in Jinja

American actor Nick Cannon praises Uganda's beauty

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Our news in your inbox. Subscribe to receive Watchdog Uganda news in your email at no cost.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Facebook Twitter

Contact Information

Plot 23, Yusuf Lule Road
PO Box 7661 Kampala, Uganda
Office Line: +256 777 286 815
Email: editorial@watchdoguganda.com
To Advertise:Click here

© 2020 Watchdog Uganda

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Finance
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
  • Op-Ed
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • People
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Stars
    • Politicians
  • Special Report
    • Education
  • Travel
  • Video
  • Luganda

© 2020 Watchdog Uganda

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In