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The ban is one of the few measures taken by Uganda to combat alcohol abuse.
Uganda has banned the consumption and sale of alcohol in sachets, which, according to the authorities, threaten public health.
Small packages of plastic spirits – sometimes up to 45% proof – are favored by low-income people because they are cheap and cost only 13 cents.
Ugandans are among the biggest consumers of alcohol in Africa.
The country's beverage manufacturers are now required to package alcoholic beverages in bottles of at least 200 ml.
Ugandan Minister of Commerce and Cooperatives Amelia Kyambadde told the BBC that the bags had even been bought by schoolchildren.
"Because this alcohol is affordable, people carry it in their bags, their geometry, in their pockets, and its consumption rate has been very high," she said.
The BBC's dear Jeanne in the capital, Kampala, reports that some Ugandans fear that the ban will force drinkers to buy illegally produced lunar milk powder instead.
Uganda has the seventh highest rate of alcohol consumption in Africa, according to the 2018 WHO report on the global alcohol situation.
Some 21 percent of Ugandans engage in drinking, according to the WHO.
The ban is one of the few measures taken by Uganda to try to reduce alcohol abuse.
There is no written national alcohol policy and very little regulation on the availability of alcohol and advertising.
However, the government says that it is also working on a law to regulate alcohol produced at home.
The consumption habits of Africa:
Seychelles: 13.8 liters of pure alcohol per head
Nigeria: 13.4
Gabon: 11.5
Equatorial Guinea: 11.3
Eswatini (Swaziland): 9.9
Namibia: 9.8
Uganda: 9.5
Tanzania: 9.4
South Africa: 9.3
Kenya: 3,4
Mauritania, Somalia, Libya: 0
Source: WHO
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