The World Health Organization (WHO)has awarded Uganda a respectable trophy and certificate in appreciation of steps taken toward banning public smoking, Radio Uganda reported on Thursday.

WHO representative Oladapo Walker handed the award to Ugandan Minister of Water, Lands and Environment Kahinda Otafiire at the ministry headquarters in Kampala on Thursday.

Uganda passed a law making smoking in public illegal earlier this year.

The minister promised to ensure the law works since the effortshave been recognized at the world level.

Source: Xinhua