Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock dealers in Pakwach District are openly flouting the temporary animal quarantine imposed due to the outbreak of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP). Despite the quarantine encompassing Payimur sub-county, Payimur Town Council, Alwi sub-county, Pakwach sub-county, and Panyango sub-county, which …
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Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The livestock markets of Bwatamara Buremba town council and Kazo Town Council in Kazo district have been reopened four months after its closure. In March 2023, the district registered a new case of foot and mouth disease, and immediately announced several measures to contain the …
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Agago , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of livestock farmers in Agago District have been forced to migrate to Pader following persistent cross-border attacks by suspected armed Karamojong cattle rustlers. Robert Okidi, the LCIII Chairperson of Ajali Sub-County in Agago district, said the livestock farmers have in the last …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | At least 9.5 million livestock have died across the drought-affected Horn of Africa (HOA) countries of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has disclosed. “Over 9.5 million livestock have died since the drought started, eroding the primary source of livelihood, income, …
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Wakiso, Uganda | Xinhua | On a hot December day in the Wakiso district in Uganda’s Central Region, 56-year-old Chinese agriculture expert Chen Taihua, gazing at the fish ponds at the Chinese-built agriculture center, was deep in thought of how lessons learnt back home can be implemented in rural Uganda to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Crime Intelligence-DCI is probing several restaurants, butchers, and hotels in Kampala that have been facilitating livestock theft by providing a ready market. The decision to probe the implicated restaurants, butcheries, and hotels stems from the arrest of three suspects believed to be …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Veterinary Association-UVA has partnered with Buganda Kingdom to promote livestock disease control for the purpose of preventing spillovers to human beings. Dr. Ismail Asiimwe, the UVA President for Central Uganda Chapter, says the partnership is meant to mobilize communities to start paying the …
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Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukedea district authorities have announced a livestock quarantine in Kamutur and Aminit sub-counties following the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease. The affected sub-counties border Bulambuli and Napak districts where the disease was announced earlier. Aloysius Bukenya, the acting Bukedea District Veterinary Officer, says …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want government to carry out countrywide vaccination of livestock to curb the spread of the foot and mouth disease in the cattle corridor. The call was made after Napak District Woman Member of Parliament, Faith Nakut raised a matter of urgency during …
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Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastoralists in Amudat district are counting losses after losing their livestock to the tick-borne disease. Over 300 cows have succumbed to the tick-borne disease in the district in the last six months. Betty Chelain, the Amudat Woman Member of Parliament, says that each day, the …
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