Cattle keepers in Uganda are failing to pay school fees over FMD

Legislators were unhappy on the floor of Parliament on Thursday afternoon as they expressed the devastating impacts of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) in mostly the southwestern region that is bordering Tanzania.The Gomba West MP Robina Rwakoojo said that the ruthless animal disease threatening livestock was spreading like a 'wildfire'."I'm entitled to speak for the people with cattle and I am equally hurting, we cannot sell milk, we cannot sell cows and people are asking us for school fees. I thought some provisions would be made in some of those schools at the beginning of this team because honestly people are seated at home and are not going anywhere," Rwakoojo said as she added how constituents blame MPs for abandoning cattle keepers since they get cash, something she didn't agree with since she is also a cattle farmer.The revelations were made during a plenary session at Parliament where Frank Tumwebaze, the agriculture minister was making a statement on how the government ...