Tag Archives: cattle

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has advised leaders in the Lango Sub-region to form a select committee of trusted individuals to engage the government in the ongoing cattle compensation program. The proposal came on Sunday during a meeting with leaders of the sub-region over the …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero District leaders have blamed the decline in the number of cattle reared in the district on limited land and rampant theft. According to the National Livestock Census report released in 2024, the number of cattle kept in Luwero district declined to 56,423 from …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), under “Operation Harmony”, have evicted over 19,826 heads of cattle from northern Uganda in just over a month, as the military enforces President Museveni’s Executive Order No. 2 of 2023, which prohibits illegal nomadic grazing in northern Uganda. …

Madi Okollo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security authorities in Madi Okollo district, West Nile, have successfully evicted another 100 herds of cattle belonging to Balaalo cattle keepers, as part of the ongoing Operation Harmony. The cattle and their owners were loaded onto four trucks at a central point near …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 3,000 cows belonging to migrant cattle keepers commonly known as Balaalo have been moved out of the Acholi and West Nile subregions as security forces start enforcing President Yoweri Museveni’s Executive Order No. 2. An estimated 200,000 cattle belong to migrant cattle keepers in …

How the search for votes in Acholi has corrupted our president, leading him to disregard his core principles THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | President Yoweri Museveni has issued orders to evict all pastoralists (Bahima and Batutsi of Kinyankore and Kinyarwanda culture) from the Acholi region. These people, who are commonly …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kitgum District have evicted 79 heads of cattle from Tepwoyo West village in Mucwini West Sub-county, Kitgum District. The livestock belonged to Paul Okot, a businessman in Kitgum Municipality, who claimed to have bought the animals from a herdman in Lakaranganya …

Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Vice President, Rtd. Maj. Jessica Rose Alupo Epel, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to implementing the long-awaited cattle compensation program. She noted that the compensation will be carried out in a phased manner. Alupo assured affected communities in the Teso, Lango, and Acholi …

MEXICO CITY | Xinhua | The Mexican cattle industry is losing about 11.4 million U.S. dollars each day due to the U.S. government’s suspension of live cattle imports from the country, authorities said Monday. The temporary ban, which Washington said was because of a review of joint efforts to control …

IGANGA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of Nakalama Sub-county in Iganga District has deployed a team of 264 vigilantes to combat the rampant cattle thefts that have plagued the area in recent months. The move follows a sharp rise in animal thefts, with minimal success in apprehending the culprits. …