In countries like Kenya, Gambling addiction is on the rise in and leaving young people bankrupt and suicidal but nobody is there to come to their rescue.Thanks to Museveni who has notede the adverse effects.
Many youths have lost jobs and families broken since gambling was introduced in the East African nation a few years ago.
The adverse effects of gambling gambling, and especially sports betting, has become pervasive in Kenya—and Africa at large— and continues to get acute. Researchers warn about the compulsive nature of gambling, and lack of proper safeguards to thwart underage gambling.
Before Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni had ordered his government not to issue or renew licences for sports betting firms, the betting boom in the country Uganda where the expansion of satellite TV and the creation of a national lottery lured many jobless Ugandans into betting was getting pout of hand.
Many Ugandans have received the news with a sigh of relief as the adverse effects of the game had come uncontrollable.
In Nigeria, 60 million people between the ages of 18 and 40 years spend up to 2 billion naira ($6.2 million) on sports betting daily.
African youths are suffering from gambling and even though many consider Museveni as a dictator , his announcement that betting will no longer be allowed in Uganda has shown his goodwill for the youths and their future which had been destroyed while a few were reaping billions of dollars.
Mr Bahati said President Museveni issued the directive because of the negative impact the betting craze has had on young people.
According to Minister of State for Finance, Mr David Bahati, the President gave the directive saying that gambling has diverted attention of the youth from hard work.
Gambling in sub-Saharan Africa has been shown to have far-reaching negative implications at individual, family, community, and societal level; most of which remain insufficiently explored within the SSA setting.
At the individual level, compulsive gambling problems affect a measurable proportion of young gamblers and may manifest in both psychiatric (e.g., anxiety, depression, and sleep deprivation) as well as long-term physical conditions (e.g., cardiovascular disease, peptic ulcer disease, and hypertension) (22). Surprisingly, very few gamblers would admit that gambling is an addictive habit.
Finally something good about President Museveni. Bans betting. I know I will have stones hurled this way, but this betting thing has stupified our young people and made the forget that the only way up is hardwork.
— O S I A N Y® ?? (@DavidOsiany) January 21, 2019
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