Uganda: Minister Warns On Weak Drug Laws

Government efforts to get Ugandans languishing in foreign prisons to finish their sentences back home have been failed by Uganda's weak laws on drug trafficking, parliament heard last week.

International cooperation minister Henry Okello Oryem warned last week that without tough laws here, Ugandans on death row in Malaysia and China will die there. Appearing before MPs on the Foreign Affairs committee, Oryem said Asian countries fear that any Ugandan prisoner transferred here could end up being easily freed.

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