Bujumbura Slaughterhouse Management Company
| SOGEAB | |
Native name | Société de Gestion de l’Abattoir de Bujumbura |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Owner | Government of Burundi |
The Bujumbura Slaughterhouse Management Company (Société de Gestion de l'Abattoir de Bujumbura), or SOGEAB, is a company that operates abbatoirs in Burundi. It took over the assets of the Bujumbura Public Slaughterhouse (Abattoir Public de Bujumbura) or APB.
Public abbatoir
[edit]The Bujumbura Public Abattoir (APB) was built in 1958.[1] The site has an area of 16,800 square metres (181,000 sq ft). It has a parking area, an administrative block and a large building where the animals are processed. It contains the slaughterhouse room, the bleeding room, a dressing room for removal, evisceration, and skinning to extract the carcasses; the cold room, an incinerator and corridors for cattle, small ruminants and pigs. The water and electricity supply is provided by REGIDESO, the public water and electricity company.[2]
The wastewater and blood are evacuated to the pit along the same channels. The eviscerated contents of the bellies are dumped behind the large building. During the 2009 financial year, 26,215 cattle, 54,339 small ruminants and 6,205 pigs were slaughtered.[2] Over time the city has grown round the abbatoir, which poses a serious threat to public health and hygiene. The layout, equipment and lack of infrastructure at the slaughterhouse does not allow the animals to be slaughtered in a professional and humane way.[1]
Private company
[edit]Under the terms of the World Bank's Economic Reform Support Grant, the APB was one of 14 public enterprises targetted in the 2006–2008 privatization program. The others were OCIBU, BRB, OPHAVET, REGIDESO, ONATEL, SOSUMO, COTEBU, UCAR, OTB, SOCABU and SIP.[3]
The Bujumbura Public Abattoir was privatised in November 2010. It was purchased by the Société de Gestion de l'Abattoir de Bujumbura (SOGEAB|, a group of ten businessmen.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Élaboration de la Stratégie sectorielle pour le secteur de l’énergie au Burundi (PDF), IED, January 2011, retrieved 2024-10-22
- Proposed grant in the amount of SDR 12 million to the Republic of Burundi for a financial and private sector development project (PDF), World Bank, 25 November 2009, retrieved 2024-10-22
- Quality meat and animal welfare in Burundi, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, 10 February 2020, retrieved 2024-10-22