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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Arua city has impounded 74 cartons of City 5 gin, a local pineapple-flavored potent gin. The operations follow reports that the gin is still being kept and consumed secretly, despite the recent incidences of deaths and a ban on its consumption and sale. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has banned the production and sale of locally distilled alcohol in Arua city after it reportedly claimed about 14 lives and left others hospitalized in West Nile. According to the Minister of State for Industry, David Bahati, Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the enforcer …