July 9, 2009

Business is still high at pork joints around Kampala and the country at large, despite the outbreak of AH1N1 flu in Uganda and the world at large.

 

Although scientists have clarified that the virus is not normally caused by eating pork, some people in Uganda have been blaming the pigs for the latest global health epidemic and it was expected this might reduce pork consumption in Uganda.

 

It has also been established that at least most of the pork that enters Kampala is not inspected by Kampala City Council (KCC).

 

One of the KCC animal medical officers, Mesach Mubiru said about 50 percent of the pork that enters Kampala from other districts is not inspected, but he added that KCC plans to crack down all pork joints that sell uninspected pork and beef.

 

In Kampala, pork is inspected at Kalerwe and Wambizi pork slaughtering houses in Kawempe and Rubaga division respectively.

 

Mutumba Sagaala, a pork seller operating in Nankulabye challenges KCC to follow up all details of the pork that enters the city. He advises KCC to work with all other districts of Uganda to ensure all pork is inspected before being sold to the public.