Fred Bwino Kyakulaga,the State Minister for Agriculture on behalf of Government of Uganda received consignments of Foot and Mouth Disease(FDM) vaccine valued at 700$ from the Arab Republic of Egypt.
This was the fourth consignment of FMD vaccines from Egypt, following earlier deliveries in May, July, and November this year.
The consignment was delivered along with another batch of 1.5 million FMD vaccines procured from Egypt.
The total amount of vaccines received is now ten million dozes but reports show that Uganda’s total susceptible livestock population requires 44 million doses of FMD vaccines annually, necessitating a bi-annual vaccination program costing approximately $176 million per year.
Because government doesn’t have energy to muscle the FMD,when it out broke, the Ministry of Agriculture adopted the prevention is better than cure method by imposing serious quarantines to the 32 affected districts which caused unspeakable distress to the cattle dealers.
The reception event was at Entebbe International Airport. Bwino was accompanied by Col McDans Kamugira,the CDF’s Military Assistant while the Egyptian delegation included MEVAC Chief Executive Officer Dr Ahmed El Kady,Chairman Dr. Magdy El Sayed,the Sales Manager Dr. Amgad Nagy from the Egyptian Agriculture ministry and the Egyptian Defence Attaché to Uganda, Brig Gen Mohamed Embaby.This colorful event was also witnessed by officials from our Ministry of Agriculture.
The timely delivery of FDM vaccines follows a proactive engagement between the CDF Muhoozi Kainerugaba and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in October in Cairo.
In his address, Bwino thanked the CDF for having had such a fruitful engagement with President Al-Sisi.
He also remarked that the initial doses received have been administered in the high-risk areas of the cattle corridor. He added that the final batch equipment will help Uganda to deal with the FMD problem decisively.
He concluded by thanking the President Yoweri Museveni for championing good relations between Uganda and Egypt.
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