Kenyan and Rwandan authorities on Wednesday said they have banned poultry products from neighbouring Uganda, where a virulent H5 strain of avian flu has broken out.
On Sunday, January 15, 2017, Uganda's agriculture ministry announced
that it had detected avian flu among migratory birds, saying that it had
since spread to a few domestic birds, a statement which led to Kenya
and Uganda boycotting from poultry import from the neighboring country.
In a separate statement released by both countries, Kenya's agriculture
cabinet secretary, Willy Bett said: 'The government banned the
importation of poultry and poultry products from Uganda with immediate
effect.'
While Christine Kanyandekwe from the Rwanda's agricultural department was also quoted to have said:
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