8/30/2023 0 Comments Banana accounting crack![]() It doesn't help that the alcohol is inexpensive and that the penalties for producing or selling it are ineffective. Unregulated waragi accounts for nearly 80% of the liquor produced in the country, according to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), which oversees production of legal products in the country. Illegal production of hard liquor is a problem across much of Africa, but it may be worst in Uganda. The popular drink, easy to make and cheap to buy, has been blamed for causing blindness and death before, but never so many in such a short span of time. ![]() Patrick is referring to the more than 100 people who have died in western Uganda since early April after ingesting a methanol-laced version of a homemade gin known as waragi. "I knew it could be dangerous, but I didn't know it could kill so many people," says the 34-year-old former primary school teacher. Follow Patrick is slouched in a chair at the Victory Rehabilitation Center on the outskirts of Kampala, recalling his time as a maker of homemade banana gin. ![]()
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