After Ugandan independence in 1962, the government of Uganda passed the "Enguli Act of 1965", which was designed to encourage local producers of enguli to supply their produce to the distillery factory, in addition to stipulating that moonshining could only be done with government-issued licenses; this was done so the gin industry in Uganda could be regulated and taxed by the government. Furthermore, those who recived their licenses from the Ugandan government were directed to sell their enguli to the distillery. When the factory recived shipments of enguli, they used them in the production of "Uganda Waragi".