My husband and I are putting together a package to send with a young missionary from our church, who will be serving for 6mo or more in rural Uganda. We are looking for information on what knife restrictions may be in Uganda regarding carry on your person, and what can be brought into the country for personal use.
Thanks!
MW
Uganda and knife laws?
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Monkeywrangler
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Uganda and knife laws?
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Those African countries are so lawless and corrupt you could carry a Samuri sword and no one would blink a eye, just across the border in the Congo as many as forty thousand murders a month take place, and that's not exagerating! Why would anyone in thier right mind would want to travel around those countries for is a mystery to me, no one can deny the beauty of Africa but boy it's one rotten part of the world.
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I was going to say that too. I highly doubt that Uganda would have much in the way of knife laws. When in doubt I always fall back on either the Victorinox Soldier or Wenger Standard Issue. Not to discredit Spyderco at all, but my SAK Soldier is probably the most useful knife I own. Plus it's legal to carry almost anywhere. Obviously not a defensive weapon, but a great little tool that will help you out in any jam.
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Hey Monkeywrangler!
I'm not sure if Uganda has any laws about knives, but I seriously doubt it.
When I lived in Zambia, it was "anything goes" -- however, if you're going through an urban area, it's advisable to keep your knives out of the sight of police/soldiers/paramilitary/etc. Not because you'll get in trouble so much as a crooked official might try to scheme up a way to get his hands on your gear. Corruption is a serious problem in Subsaharan Africa.
I never had trouble mailing or receiving packages containing knives. And I sent and received quite a few packages.
My experience was that people were less likely to mess with or question an American, because it was widely recognized that you were there for some special reason.
All the officials, drunken people in uniforms, and folks with antique-looking machine guns who stopped me and asked me why I had a knife readily accepted the answer "because I live in the bush." Usually, people would ask me about the knife clipped in my pocket because they wanted to look at it, and see how sharp it was...
Don't know exactly what Uganda was like, but in Zambia, greasing police officers' palms was standard procedure. I always kept a few old magazines in my bag while traveling, for this purpose, or for emergencies. Usually did the job.
I'm not sure if Uganda has any laws about knives, but I seriously doubt it.
When I lived in Zambia, it was "anything goes" -- however, if you're going through an urban area, it's advisable to keep your knives out of the sight of police/soldiers/paramilitary/etc. Not because you'll get in trouble so much as a crooked official might try to scheme up a way to get his hands on your gear. Corruption is a serious problem in Subsaharan Africa.
I never had trouble mailing or receiving packages containing knives. And I sent and received quite a few packages.
My experience was that people were less likely to mess with or question an American, because it was widely recognized that you were there for some special reason.
All the officials, drunken people in uniforms, and folks with antique-looking machine guns who stopped me and asked me why I had a knife readily accepted the answer "because I live in the bush." Usually, people would ask me about the knife clipped in my pocket because they wanted to look at it, and see how sharp it was...
Don't know exactly what Uganda was like, but in Zambia, greasing police officers' palms was standard procedure. I always kept a few old magazines in my bag while traveling, for this purpose, or for emergencies. Usually did the job.
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There's only one law, if it looks good enough, it will be "confiscated".
merthyrmafia wrote:Why would anyone in thier right mind would want to travel around those countries for is a mystery to me
People do a lot of things in the name of god, whether right or wrong, stupid or smart.Monkeywrangler wrote:missionary
Give him a Chokwe as that is the ethnic knife sort of from that area and genre.
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