Banna Uganda wakati w’obukadde 5 n’obukadde obukunukirizza mu 13 bebekatankira enguuli mungeri ey’ekyeyonoonero, nga buli mwaka liita z’omwenge obukadde 110 n’emitwalo 60 zezinywebwa banna Uganda.
Alipoota envanyuma ku nkozesa y’omwenge etuumiddwa Uganda Alcohol Report 2022, efulumiziddwa aba Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance, (UAPA), eraze nti newankubadde nga okunywa omwenge ssikibi singa omuntu abeera agunywedde n’obuvunaanyizibwa, bannauganda abamu tebamanyi kunywa mwenge gwa kigero, so ng’ate abamu bagattamu n’ebiragalalagala.
Mu ngeri yeemu Alipoota eraze nti abaana ebitundu 52.6% baali banywedde ku Mwenge, ssonga kwabo, ebitundu 36.3% nakati baafuuka bawaddanga newankubadde tebanatuuka myaka jikkirizibwa kunywa mwenge.
Abantu abasinga obungi abanywa omwenge tebafaayo kumanya bika bya mwenge byebanywa bekatankira bwekatankizi buli kyebasanze, omuli beer, wines,whisky, tonto,waragi n’ebika ebirala.
Alipoota eraze nti liita z’omwenge obukadde 66 nemitwalo 70 zezifulumizibwa mu bukolero obutonotono ate nga gwabulabe eri abantu, nga guno gukola ebitundu 52% ku mmwenge ogukolebwa mu ggwanga.
Omwenge ogwo gubalirirwamu shs trillion 2, ekifiiriza government emisolo gya buwumbi nga 616.
Karamoja yeridde empanga mu bitundu ebisinga okunywa omwenge n’ebitundu 46%, neddirirwa West Nile ku bitundu 16%, Teso ku bitundu 14%, Elgon ku bitundu 13.8%, South ne North Buganda ku bitundu 13%, Achol ne Lango ku bitundu 12%, Bunyoro, Kampala ne Kigezi ku bitundu 9%, Ankole ku bitundu 8, Ankole ne Busoga nebaddirira.
Dr. David Kalema, eyakulembeddemu okunonyereza kuno ne Richard Baguma Ssenkulu w’ekitongole kya Uganda Health communication Alliance, (UHCA), bagamba nti abazadde basaanidde okweddako mu ngeri gyebakozesa omwenge, ng’abaana balaba.
Ekitongole ky’eby’obulamu ekyensi yonna ekya World Health Organization (WHO), ne ministry y’eby’obulamu bagamba nti bakuwagira nnyo omubaka we Tororo, Sarah Opendi, eyasazeewo okukulemberamu olutalo lwokubaga etteeka erinaalungamya enkozesa y’omwenge mu ggwanga.
Dr. Yonus Woldermariam akulira ekitongole kyebyobulamu ekyensi yonna mu Uganda, ne Dr Hafswa Lukwata, kaminsona avunanyizibwa ku kukwanyisa enkozesa yeebiragalalagala mu ministry y’eby’obulamu, beyamye okukwasizaako Sarah Opendi, kubanga eggwanga lisoomozebwa kinene mu nkozesa embi ey’omwenge.
Minister omubeezi ow’eby’obulamu ebisookerwako, Margaret Muhanga, agambye nti ssinga banna Uganda tebeddeko mu kunywa omwenge, ebiseera bya Uganda biri mu matigga, nti kubanga kizuuliddwa nti banna Uganda abanywa omwenge, bakozesa liita nga 12 buli lunaku.
Bisakiddwa: Ddungu Davis
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