{UAH} Uganda was sub-Saharan Africa’s most frequent user of tear gas and ranked a proud sixth worldwide.

And in those ignominious global rankings, Uganda was sub-Saharan Africa's most frequent user of tear gas and ranked a proud sixth worldwide.

The US remains the largest exporter of tear gas today, but the Ugandan government began to import tear gas from China in 2011, in line with its shifting economic alliances.

"Tear gas" is now an everyday term in Kampala, and its chemical formula a semi-permanent climatic feature in the capital. Residents exchange advice on prevailing winds prior to planning their journeys through town. 

Customers leave online reviews of local businesses that read: "safe place, [no] tear gas or rioting". The women's police rugby team in nearby Jinja are called the Teargas Rangers. 

And Uganda's Finance Minister even cited the government's decision to import rather than manufacture tear gas as a reason for the poor performance of the Ugandan shilling.

http://africanarguments.org/2016/02/22/ugandas-chemical-elections-and-politics-of-tear-gas/?

Sincerely,

Brian M. Kwesiga