Several Livestock Die in Wembe District Due to Drought

Gwembe Member of Parliament has disclosed that several livestock in the district are dying due to drying up of water sources and lack of adequate grazing areas caused by the drought.

Tyson Simuzingili said all grazing areas in most of the district have completely dried up, leaving livestock with no where to graze from

Mr. Simuzingili explained that the situation has caused serious panic and stress among the livestock farmers who do not have means to that their animals are well taken care of.

He appealed to the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, to speed up the Distribution of hay and stock fees planned as part of the hunger mitigation measures to prevent more livestock from dying.

He however commended Government for coming up with several interventions to address the adverse hunger in the district and country at large.

“Government has been providing people with money and good through various ventures such as the Cash for Work Programme, Community FRA maize sales Programme and Food for Work Programme, among others,” Mr. Sumuzingili noted.

Meanwhile, some livestock farmers have appealed to Government to consider drilling more boreholes to make it easy for them to provide water for their animals.