AUTHORITIES TO RE-INTRODUCE CATTLE REGISTERS TO STOP ILLEGAL LIVESTOCK TRADE IN S.WESTERN UGANDA

By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Kabale—

Security authorities in south western Uganda have agreed on a number of stringent measures to curb illegal livestock trade that has started posing a security threat to the region.

The resolutions, were held yesterday 20th October 2021, during a security meeting that was held at Kabale Rukiiko hall in Kabale municipality, chaired by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF 2nd division commander Maj. Gen. Francis Takirwa.

The meeting attracted Resident District Commissioners, Chief Administrative Officers-CAOs, District Police Commanders, LCV Chairpersons, District Veterinary Officers, Chief Administrative Officers and Criminal Intelligence Officers, from the districts that border with Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo, including Kabale, Ntungamo, Rukungiri, Kanungu, Kisoro and Rubanda.

The other attendees, include, representatives of the Directorate of Public Prosecution-DPP , the judiciary, and others security agencies, like Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF, Internal Security Organization-ISO, border security officers and Liaison officers among others.

According to Gen. Takirwa, they resolved to among other things, request government through the ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries to re-introduce cattle registers.

He said that this will help understand the number of animals in the district and also ask the ministry to come up a national identification system for all livestock in the county.

The meeting also resolved that the technical officers should come up with uniform written guidelines, action points, documentations and checkpoints, to be adopted by all the districts in order to curtail the illegal animal trade.

The Kabale Resident district commissioner, Godfrey Nyakahuma and his Ntungamo counterpart, George Bakuma, said that they also agreed that each district security committee holds a meeting with LC1 chairpersons, who are said to be facilitating the illicit trade and livestock traders so that they are informed that anyone, found dealing in the illegal animal trade will be charged accordingly

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