Ntungamo Lifts Foot-and-Mouth Disease Quarantine in Most Areas

What the report says

Ntungamo District has lifted foot-and-mouth disease quarantine in most areas after roughly eight months of containment measures, according to Nile Post. The move allows livestock slaughter, transport, domestic loading and movement of animal products to resume in disease-free parts of the district, while three lower local governments remain under restrictions.

The district said the outbreak, which began in December 2025, had affected farmers, traders, butchers and consumers by closing livestock markets and limiting animal movement. District Veterinary Officer Dr. Yake Basulila said officials had reduced the outbreak to nine affected farms. The areas still quarantined are Ngoma and Rweikiriniro sub-counties and Rubaare Town Council, where infections remain present.

Ntungamo Resident District Commissioner and district foot-and-mouth disease task force chairperson Miriam Kagaiga said enforcement teams would monitor compliance and penalize violations. She also said vaccination would continue across the district, including in areas where the quarantine has been lifted, until the disease is fully eliminated.

For livestock businesses, the decision is significant because it reopens markets and movement channels that had been disrupted for months. In general, foot-and-mouth disease controls in Uganda commonly combine quarantine, vaccination and movement restrictions to limit spread, and district authorities said those safeguards will remain in place as activity resumes in the cleared areas.