Uganda, March 10 -- The Minister for Kampala City and Metropolitan Affairs, Ms Minsa Kabanda, has said the ban on selling meat in Kampala as directed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) last week, will not be implemented.

The ban followed an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Kabowa, Rubaga Division, Kampala on February 28, 2024. Through a March 1, 2024, letter to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), the Commissioner Animal Health at the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Anna Rose Ademun, directed all local authorities under KCCA to enforce a quarantine restriction on the movement of cattle, goats, sheep and their by-products within Kampala.

"Livestock markets, slaughter places including butcheries, load...