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A butcher displays meat at a shop in Kisii. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]
The Busia County government has banned meat imports from Uganda due to hygiene risks and the near collapse of the Sh7.8 million Busia Municipal slaughterhouse.
The ministries of Agriculture and Public Health attribute the slaughterhouse's decline, the spread of animal diseases, and revenue loss to the importation of cheaper cow, goat, and sheep meat from the neighbouring country.
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