Uganda, March 14 -- The Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) president, Dr Daniel Kasibule, has defended the embattled Commissioner of Animal Health, saying those undermining her orders on a quarantine in Kampala over Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) are violating the Animal Disease Act.

"It is not good to make sickness political. Diseases should be handled in a technical manner. People are being taken into the Parish Development Model. People are entering into enterprises of livestock and if we leave them susceptible to such devastating disease then we are not fair to them, courtesy of people's appetite," Dr Kasibule said.

Dr Kasibule explained that the Commissioner of Animal Health was fulfilling her mandate.

"The commissioner has got a m...