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Makerere Builds Capacity of Vets to Support Somaliland Livestock Industry

September 9, 2012 · 348198 Comments2012-09-10+04%3A12%3A44Qalinle+Hussein

Sheikh Technical Veterinary School (STVS)

KAMPALA — The college of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Bio-security (CoVAB) has offered to train 10 students from Somaliland in veterinary services.

The move is aimed at building capacity of veterinary practitioners to support the dominant animal industry in Somaliland. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is supporting the students.

“Somaliland has had no vets for over 20 years because of the war and yet 80% of the population is supported by livestock,” Dr Ruth Muwazi, the deputy principal of the college, said.

“Therefore, the 10 have been brought to Makerere University to complete their degrees.”

Another 80 students are enrolled for Makerere diplomas at the Sheik Technical Veterinary School (STVS) in Somaliland. The school offers a three-year residential course awarding diplomas in Livestock Product Inspection and Animal Health. It is affiliated to Makerere through CoVAB.

The school began as a project in 2002 with international funding from bodies like European Union and the Danish Government. It was implemented by Terra Nuova, an NGO under the auspices of the African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR). Recently, its ownership was transferred to IGAD.

The IGAD executive secretary, Mahboub Maalim, said the organization is exploring avenues to engage universities as partners in appropriate regional development agendas.

“We are seeking to bring on board a technical team of institutions to train a new generation of veterinary personnel well-suited to address the specific livestock production issues of the arid and semi-arid lands of Somaliland and support the sustainable development of the livestock industry in the region,” he said.

The team will also advise on a programme that will broaden the school’s mandate from animal health studies to a centre of research and information, serving pastoralist communities.

The Observer

September 9, 2012

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By Qalinle Hussein

Tags: Animal welfare, IGAD, Livestock, Somaliland, Uganda, Veterinary

kanu jador says:

We are just helping somalis in nothern somalia.

10:39 pm on September 9, 2012

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- Somaliland says:
  
  Help the Acholis of northern Uganda first, they are the ones who were suffering and lacking any forms of educations. Then you can export your assistant to other African Countries the like of Somaliland. whose people have already shown the world community, what a self reliance is for the last 21+ years.
  
  12:25 am on September 10, 2012
  
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- ali33 says:
  
  north somalia, what a joke
  
  5:35 am on September 10, 2012
  
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Yusuf says:

Congratulations Mr. Mahboub Maalim for job well done, may Allah reward you for your good deeds.

1:32 am on September 10, 2012

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misslovely says:

kanu jador
faqash

5:30 am on September 10, 2012

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Allemagan says:

Good news. This is the kind of practical education we need in all over Somalia. There are millions of Somalis with higher education that their degree is not worth the paper it is printed on and their qualifications will not help our people in any way. Let us address our priorities first and foremost.

9:32 am on September 10, 2012

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T.J says:

First of all, we have to change this stupi name Somaliland. When people here in Europe ask me where i was born, i answer Somaliland. oo Somali, and then they mention all the shiit they watched on tv, everything from Pirates to Al Shabab. Look at Eritrea and Djibouti. Wouldn't be stupid if Eritrea was called Ethiopiland. Even the International community most think we still got very strong feelings for Somalia that we included Somalia into the name.

3:33 pm on September 10, 2012

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yacen says:

I suggest that Somaliland be called "The Republic of the Red-Sea"

1:53 am on September 11, 2012

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