Ngamiland crawling with 'Foot and Mouth'

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The current outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which has engulfed Ngamiland has all the echoes of the devastating PPCB or cattle lung disease of 1996.

The PPCB outbreak lead to a mass slaughter of more than 330,000 herd, leaving not only broken souls but also poverty in its wake. Its after-effects are still being felt today in that region: unpaid school fees, medical debts, lack of food, clothing and all.

Two years after the slaughter exercise, government began a painstaking restocking exercise that saw the re-introduction of about 60,000 herd to Ngamiland. 

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