It has been a really bad day for Ugandan Authorities after they announced plans to start issuing birth certificates to cattle.
Netizens have capitalized on the information to attack Uganda authorities for misplaced priorities.But is that really the case?
The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries ,Mr Vincent Ssempijja stated that this move will help the authorities race their products.
“Farmers will be registered and their products given barcodes so that if they find a problem with one box, they look for the source and sort out the problem. We cannot enter lucrative markets unless farmers register, Ssempijja stated while opening of the National Agricultural Show in Jinja, southern Uganda.
“For cattle farmers, it is going to be worse. You will be registered as a farmer, the cow will be registered, numbered and will have a birth certificate because the importers of our products demand meat for cows aged between 15 to 24 months. So we are going to sell [the meat] depending on their age,” he added.
But this information has been interpreted otherwise by most social media users.
Twitter user by the name Calvin Omar has asked the Ugandan authorities to even extend the process by giving the cattle Huduma Namba.
Zipewe #HudumaNumba pia..
— Calvin Omari (@CalvinOmari) July 17, 2019
Ironically some people have associated this punitive call by Ugandan authorities as the effect of using Cannabis Sativa (Bhang). This is largely because it sounds so much strange especially in Kenya where getting birth certificate is an uphill task.
“Effects za bangi zimeanza,” One twitter user retorted.
😂😂😂😂
Effects za bangi zimeanza— //Inginéur Chowder// (@wolfiepaw97) July 17, 2019
I am reading this correctly 😂? @drogbapatrick @MsongoleSanky09
— ayoub hassan (@AssanjAyoub) July 17, 2019