Mustapha Kizito, a butcher told URN on Thursday afternoon that he had only sold beef to 20 buyers with each of them buying less than a kilogram of beef. According to Kizito, in the previous seasons, he could sell a cow by midday.
The Directors of the company said the modern abattoir worth 6 million dollars had the capacity to produce 60 tons of beef and 80 tons of goat meat per day.
If it is true that butchers pay 40,000 each per month for power, then 300 of them raise 12,000,000 for electricity in one month, three times the outstanding bill that led to disconnection.
Bright Rwamirama the State Minister of Animal Husbandry says that the work of slaughtering meat will be restricted to modern abattoirs which are being established outside the cities.
The development comes after butchers and meat consumers in the City severally condemned the current abattoir situated in Kiryatete cell Hoima East division that is in appalling state.
The duo, identified as Muhindo Landus and Kasasira Lawrence, were intercepted at Katunguru roadblock while heading to Kibara village in Mpondwe lhubiriha Town Council, driving a vehicle Registration number UBE/762E.
Samuel Kyomukama aliasUncle Sam No.7, a butcher in Kabale Police barracks playground market in Kabale town, says when the pork quarantine was announced, all pork dealers resorted to roasting goat meat and beef.
Located in Kiryatete in the central Business of Kahoora division Hoima Municipal, the abattoir is in sorry state compromising the quality of meat supplied for public consumption.
Yusuf Nsubuga, the General Secretary Mbale Central Market, says the generators guzzle 20 liters of fuel within two hours, which is very costly for the vendors.
Jackson Dratibi, the Mvara Ward Councilors and Chairperson Arua Municipality Elders League, says he was also surprised by the arrangements of the meeting despite his position in the party.
Saturated fats are found mostly in foods from animal sources such as butter, milk, meat, salmon, and egg yolks, and some plant-derived products such as chocolate and cocoa butter, coconut, palm and palm kernel oils. Meats with the most saturated fat include steak, hamburger, bacon, sausages, ribs, chicken or turkey skin and many deli types of meat.
The suspects stunned court on Thursday afternoon when they demanded that the charges are read for them afresh. The KCCA Prosecutor, Hillary Musimenta objected to the request by the suspects, saying it was a waste of courts time.
Dr. Bruhan Kasozi, the Isingiro District Veterinary Officer, suspects the affected people ate meat from a carcass smuggled out of queen Lake Mburo National park. He says several people in the area eat meat from untrusted sources.
Found in Bufunda division, the abattoir which is the main slaughterhouse in the municipality, hosts dozens of butchers who supply meat to Ibanda town and the neighbouring areas.
In traditional slaughtering, bulls or cows are placed with the back on the ground before their throats are cut. Electricity will be used to professional stun the cows or bulls to death .
