The quarantine was imposed in August 2021 in the sub-counties of Getom, Kapujan, Katakwi, and Okulonyo following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease.
In November 2019 the Ministry imposed a quarantine in the three districts following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease that killed dozens of livestock.
As a coping mechanism, many locals have resorted to selling chicken given the attractive prices. A hen that used to cost between Shillings 8,000 and 13,000 has shot up to Shillings 20,000.
Henry Baguma, the Sembabule Resident District Commissioner confirms that Muhumuza was arrested together the District CIID officer Geoffrey Nimanya, with whom they had connived to frustrate local investigations into the matter.
Butchers have hiked meat prices in Lamwo district following quarantine imposed over outbreaks of two cattle diseases in the district. Foot and mouth disease (FMD) and Contagious Bovine Plural Pneumonia (CBPP) broke out in the northern Uganda district in July, killing more than 50 heads of cattle and affecting over 100 others.
Dr. Kagwa attributes the outbreak of the disease in the two sub counties to their proximity to districts neighboring to Lake Kyoga and Murchison falls national park.
