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Five hospitalized as anthrax hits Kazo

Kazo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people in Kazo district are hospitalized after consuming meat suspected to be contaminated with anthrax. Dr Andrew Oguta, the team leader District Anthrax Task Committee said during a sensitization meeting at the town council headquarters on Thursday that five people had been put …

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Kazo announces quarantine over anthrax outbreak

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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