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Bor-Juba highway attack left 2 cattle traders dead, 30 missing -Official

Greater Pibor Information Minister has accused armed youth from Jonglei state of attacking Murle cattle traders along Bor-Juba highway at the weekend leaving two people dead and three others injured.

The attackers allegedly raided over 4,000 herds of cattle in the Thiritoth area.

Kelang called on his counterpart, the Jonglei state and national government to intervene and recover the stolen cattle.

He says the attack is a breach of the April 14th, 2023 Marieng-Boma peace dialogue which aimed to bring to an end aggression between the two communities.

“Yesterday [ September 14th -2023]  at around 9 pm, criminal armed youth from Jonglei state launched an attack on Pibor Administrative area cattle traders in a place called Thiritoth, a nearby wildlife center along Bor-Juba Road.

“Two people are confirmed dead three injured, 20 people are missing after they ran to an unknown location and 4500 herds of cattle are driven by the attackers for repeated actions the 14th-April-2023 Bor County peace dialogue.”

When contacted, Jonglei State Minister of Information, Nyadak Elizabeth says he had no idea about the incident.

” I have no idea about the incident,  the territory where the incident took place does not belong to Jonglei state, and the person to answer that question is in Central Equatoria.

 

 

 

Jonglei Governor appoints John Matiop as new Bor Mayor

The Governor of Jonglei State has appointed John Matiop Achiek as Mayor of Bor Municipal Council.

” The Governor came with a decision yesterday and appointed John Matiop as Bor town Mayor, John Matiop was a member of Bor Municipal that was work he was doing,” Jonglei State Minister of Information Nyadak John confirmed the appointment to Eye Radio Wednesday.

He has replaced  Samuel Ateny Pech who was fired in March 2023  amid an alleged dispute over the leasing of public lands to investors in the state capital.

The ex-mayor was accused of the forceful eviction of women from their selling points in Bor town and leasing the land to investors.

The newly appointed Mayor was a member of the Bor Municipal Council.

 

Nagero County Education Director shot dead in his house

Authorities in Nagero of Western Equatoria State have launched an investigation into the killing of the County Education Director at the weekend.

Richard Sereberani was shot dead and killed at his residence by unidentified gunmen on Saturday night.

“According to the information we got, he was shot at home at around 1:00 a.m. The people who shot him are not thieves because we found his phone next to him.”

The County Commissioner Gabriel Mbolo says the leadership has launched an investigation to ensure those behind the killing are apprehended and brought to book.

“I did a security meeting with the Criminal Investigation Department and the National Security, and an investigation is going on.”

Commissioner Mbolo described the late as a hardworking and God-fearing man who did not have issues with anyone.”

“Since he [the late] was brought from Yambio to Nagero he has been doing good work and he is a God-fearing Man I always find him in church and he never had a problem with any citizen.”

He declared a three-day mourning that began on Monday.

” The mourning days started yesterday [Monday] and will last for 3 days but the education sector will go for seven days because he is their director.”

Lakes State’s RRC chairperson shot dead

The Chairperson of Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in Lakes State Dut Malual has been shot dead, the Minister of Information  Paul Cabiet Ayang has confirmed.

Minister Ayang told Eye Radio  Malual was shot alongside another employee of the commission by a suspected security officer at around 8:30 last evening.

Minister Ayang described the incident as unfortunate.

“This unfortunate incident happened yesterday around 8:30 Friday evening, the  RRC chairperson and another person were shot dead by a security personnel in the same compound of RRC.

The motive behind the killing is unclear but the state official spokesperson says the perpetrator was arrested Saturday morning.

“The reason behind  is yet to be established but the culprit was apprehended this morning.

“The chairperson is over 35 years, and the other person I do not know his age we are yet to establish the reason behind killing the chairperson of RRC, he said.

Uganda’s NDA found HIV drugs in meat but didn’t issue warning

Uganda’s National Drug Authority has admitted it knew HIV medicine was being used to fatten up animals in 2014 but did not warn the public.

The regulator’s senior drugs inspector Amos Atumanya told parliament it became aware anti-retrovirals were being given to pigs and chickens to treat them.

Mr Atumanya said that for humans, consuming small quantities of the drugs in food could be dangerous.

But the NDA has since tried to downplay his comments.

A spokesman said that if there was a health risk it would have warned the public, while the NDA’s job was to regulate drugs, not food or animal feed.

A recent report by the prestigious Makerere University found that more than a third of chicken and 50% of pork it tested contained traces of anti-retroviral drugs. The meat was sourced from markets in the capital, Kampala, and the northern city of Lira.

Appearing before Uganda’s House Committee on HIV/Aids, Mr Atumanya said the National Drug Authority had carried out an investigation in 2014 into the use of anti-retrovirals (ARVs) in animal farming. However, while a report was published, it did not issue a public warning for fear of hurting the country’s food exports “if we blow it out of proportion”.

“So we were trying to find other means in which we could manage that situation,” he said.

One respondent to the study by Makerere University’s College of Health Sciences, said pigs that were given anti-retroviral drugs “grow faster and fatter and are sold off quickly”.

But Mr Atumanya said this could cause serious problems for humans who ate the meat and became infected with HIV.

“You are likely to develop resistance to these ARVs,” he said. “In the future if you need them, then you’ll find this ARV is not working for some.”

Around 1.4 million people in Uganda are living with HIV/Aids, according to the United Nations.

The NDA’s report back in 2014, found that anti-retrovirals were mainly used to treat African swine fever which is also known as Pig Ebola and currently has no cure. It also verified claims that ARVs were being used to treat Newcastle disease in chicken.

Following Mr Atumanya’s remarks, however, a spokesman for the NDA defended its decision to not publicise its findings.

“The NDA is mandated to regulate the drugs, not food or animal feeds,” he said.

“If there was any public health threat concerning the drugs under the use, NDA will be the first one to come out and warn the public as we always do.

“The NDA remains vigilant and committed to ensuring that Ugandans have access to safe, efficacious and quality medicines.”

He added that the regulator had launched several actions to stop the misuse of drugs, which led to several arrests and prosecution.

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