A number of people who have ventured into selling cooked cattle’s hooves locally known as (Molokony), animal minor organs such as pancreas, intestines, kidney, blood widely known as (yote boga) are to face eviction from the within Gulu city abattoir in December.
City council says they are evicting these vendors whose numbers were not revealed on the ground that the hygiene of the place is not safe for selling cooked food items.
They feared that if vendors continued the number of the people, especially those who slaughter animals in the abattoir are at risk of contracting Diarrheal diseases because they are the major consumers of these food stuff.
The vendor cooks these food as breakfast while targeting the people slaughtering the animals and customers who throng the abattoir in the morning to buy animal parts
Dr. Aliker Solomon, the principle vet-ternary officer for Gulu city says, the state of the abattoir is worrying.
Aliker revealed that The septic tank in the abattoir is full to capacity forcing its users to divert the way for the waste into the community land.
The Krall where animals to be slaughtered are confined is muddy. and cattle are sleeping on a muddy place, the practice he says is unhealthy
The council have resolved to place a motorized water plan in the abattoir and a water tank of 10,000 liters be installed in the area to provide adequate water for regular cleaning the facility, and the ground to be compacted with marram.
Omara Christo Balmoyi, the Gulu city engineer says, they are planning to construct the modern abattoir with USMID money.
