Hon Lagen David speaks out.
Speaking on Tuesday, Agago County legislator, Lagen David suggested that farmers who lost animals to the disease need to be compensated by the government, which he accused of failing to protect the livestock.
There are people who have loans. What hurts me most is that the Commissioner who was issuing this (Quarantine) sat in Entebbe (MAAIF headquarters), from the time of the outbreak to the end, no team stepped their feet's in the field. When we talk about total quarantine, we mean people losing money. It is the responsibility of the Government to vaccinate these animals; if it fails, there is a need for compensation, said Lagen .
He wondered why farmers in Uganda are still suffering from animal diseases when the current regime has been recognized internationally for eradicating human disease. He said that the solution for FMD is to ensure sufficient vaccines are in stock in order to save farmers from making losses.
This Government of NRM (National Resistance Movement) has eradicated diseases, why on earth can we fail to eradicate FMD? Our farmers buy expensive vaccines on their own. They even buy injectables, which are more expensive than the FMD vaccines. Ring vaccination is a completely lazy policy; it came after the outbreak. So, why do we wait for the outbreak and then we go for vaccination? asked by Lagen
The legislator raised a concern about the expected struggles the parents are going through in raising school fees as the official school calendar open on Monday, 27th may 2024, because the livestock markets had been closed for sometime and businesses are still recovering from the losses.
We must restrain from seating back at the watch of Ugandans suffering.
Lawang Lutedero
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