By NATION REPROETRTHE Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) and Young Professional’s Network yesterday staged a protest to mount pressure on government to speed up the enactment of the Tobacco Control Bill.The non-governmental organisations (NGOs) decided to protest following months of engaging the Ministries of Health and Justice requesting speeding up the process of enacting the tobacco control bill but nothing has been done.The NGOs further said they decided to hold a protest as a way of pushing for the speedy enactment of the bill which has dragged for the last 15 years.CTPD Communications Specialist, Mwaka Nyimbili, said as tobacco control advocates, they were disappointed with the continued delays in enacting the bill despite Cabinet having approved the bill in principle to have it introduced before Parliament.She said the NGOs were also concerned that, the delay in finalising the bill had profited the tobacco industry as could be seen from the increase in tobacco […]
NGOs stage protest
