Mpatta: The secret marijuana island of Lake Victoria
“It (marijuana) grows like anything else here, such as maize and cassava,” says one of the young people by the shore, pulling a boat ashore. At Mpatta Island, marijuana growing thrives not in defiance of the law, but in the absence of it.
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A man picking marijuana from a garden at Mpatta Island in Mukono district.
By Ibrahim Ruhweza
Journalists @New Vision
MUKONO - Before the sun rises over Lake Victoria, the quietness is broken by the steady sound of a rattling old boat engine.
The 30-minute voyage from Ggaba landing