Tag Archives: cattle

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 4,000 people in Lira district will be compensated for lost cattle during the conflict in the Lango region. The beneficiaries are drawn from all sub-counties in Lira district and the two divisions of Lira city. According to a list released by the Attorney General, …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mwolwe village in Nakasongola district have impounded 23 heads of cattle belonging to a Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) officer in protest that the animals have been eating their crops for the last two years. The heads of cattle are kept on part …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district has received 4,000 Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine doses. Jackson Lakor, the Gulu District Production Officer says that the vaccines from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries will target cattle in the most affected areas in Palaro and Awach sub counties. …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Defence Units personel in Karamoja have shot dead an up coming long distance runner, claiming they mistook him for a cattle rustler running away from arrest during an ambush. Jorem Egwau aged 18 years was shot dead in the early morning of Saturday …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security officers fighting cattle rustling in Karamoja region have revealed that some district veterinary officers in the region have been found to be involved in enabling the raids. This was revealed by the Karamoja regional police Spokesperson Michael Longole during an interview with URN …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 80 more armed rustlers have been arrested over the last 10-days of the disarmament exercise conducted by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces–UPDF and the Anti-Stock Theft Unit –ASTU of the police force in Karamoja sub-region. The joint security teams embarked on a …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three officials of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) in Pader district have been arrested for supplying farmers with blind and unhealthy cattle. They are Anthony Toolanya, the NUSAF III desk officer, Robert Okeny, the District Veterinary Officer and district NUSAF III focal officer, …

Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nwoya district veterinary department is undertaking the mass vaccination of cattle against the endemic Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD. The highly infectious cloven-hoofed animal disease broke out in the district in June this year, seven years since the first outbreak was reported there in 2014. The …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anaplasmosis disease is killing cattle in Bududa district. According to reports by farmers, over 20 animals have succumbed to the tick-borne disease within the past two weeks. Farmers in Bumayoka, Bulucheke, Nalwanza sub-counties and Kuushu town council are the most affected. Paul Mumwata, a …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cattle farmers in Bunyoro sub-region are struggling to look for pasture and water for their animals following the dry spell that has hit the area for the past three months. The most affected farmers are from the districts of Buliisa, Hoima, Kiryandongo, Masindi and …