Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kazo District have confirmed an outbreak of Anthrax in Mirama village, Kazo sub-county. This has raised concerns, particularly among those reliant on selling animals and animal products for their livelihoods. John Baptist Asiimwe, the district production officer, revealed that out of the seven …
Read More »Five arrested for stealing cows to pay bride price
Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people accused of stealing cows to pay for bride price are in police custody in Kazo District. The District Police Commander, Philip Mukasa, has identified the main suspect as Bright Muhereza, aged 34, a resident of Omutebbe in Nkungu Sub-County, Kazo District. It …
Read More »KAZO: Livestock markets reopen after four months’ closure over FMD
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 …
Read More »Kamwenge closes livestock markets to halt spread of Foot and Mouth Disease from Kazo
Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamwenge District Veterinary Department has ordered the temporary closure of all livestock markets in the district to curb the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD to the area. The District Veterinary Officer, Dr. Paul Mbago told URN that the decision follows the outbreak of …
Read More »Kazo residents, Leaders demand UPDF deployment to fight cattle theft
Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and residents of Kazo district have called for the deployment of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF to help fight rampant cattle theft. During the launch of the 42nd Tarehe Sita week activities in Kazo district on Saturday, the LC V Chairperson Rev Samuel Katugunda …
Read More »Museveni distances self from poverty in Kazo, Kiruhura districts
Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has told the people of Kiruhura and Kazo to stop lamenting about bad roads in the districts as the cause of their poverty, but instead focus on doing things that will improve their household incomes. Accompanied by the First Lady Janet Kataaha …
Read More »Police constable commits suicide
Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police constable in Kazo district has committed suicide using his firearm. The deceased is police constable No. 77309, Joel Yesho Chemutai, a police officer attached to Kanoni police station. Chemutai allegedly shot himself dead in his house on Sunday morning. John Lokooto, the Kazo …
Read More »FMD: Kazo leaders, farmers want government to ease livestock quarantine
Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kazo district Foot and Mouth disease taskforce and cattle farmers want the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries to ease the quarantine regulations on sub-counties that are disease free. Government imposed total livestock quarantine in Kazo district in January following the outbreak of the …
Read More »Kiruhura and Kazo lift ban on milk sale
Ban on the sale of milk has been lifted for two weeks under strict regulations Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kiruhura and Kazo districts have reversed the earlier ban imposed on the sale of milk. The two districts that are under quarantine following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth …
Read More »Kazo DHO interdicted for failing to respond to COVID alerts
Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Samuel Tweheyo Kiroha, the District Health Officer-DHO of Kazo district has been interdicted for failing to respond to the coronavirus alerts from the community and frustrating the presidential directives on combating the pandemic. According to the letter authored by the District’s Chief Administrative Officer …
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