A report on alcohol and drug abuse has revealed that drug trafficking across the Busia-Uganda border is on the rise, with 89.4 per cent of residents interviewed admitting drugs are trafficked into this country. The report was released by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse at the Busia Agricultural Training Centre on Friday. It says bhang is the most trafficked drug across the porous border. The report says problems faced in curbing drug trafficking include corruption among law enforcement officers and lack of harmonised laws between Kenya and Uganda. Others are poor coordination among enforcement officers, porous borders, increase of boda boda riders, high unemployment and lack of common border programmes.

Source: The Star April 30, 2017 19:07 UTC