Drug traffickers to be sentenced to life in Uganda

Traffickers of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances are to face life imprisonment if a Bill which is under consideration by the parliamentary defence committee is passed.

The Bill states that any person who traffics narcotic drugs or psychotropic substance represented or held by him or her to be such, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not less than sh10m or three times the market value of the drug or substance, whichever is greater, in addition to life imprisonment.

Under the same Bill, growing of Catha edulis (mairungi), cannabis (marijuana), coca bush, opium poppy and paper setigerum is prohibited.

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill, 2007 was re-tabled in Parliament by internal affairs state minister James Baba recently.

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