Kotido District authorities have said 30 cows, goats and sheep died of a strange disease in Kacheri Sub-county in the district last week.
However, veterinary officials say it is East Coast fever killing the animals.
Mr Calisto Adome Lokwi, the Kotido District chairman, told Sunday Monitor on Thursday that the epidemic has lasted for more than a year and claimed about 2,000 cattle, goats, sheep and camels. He said since March 2015, pastoralists have been losing livestock to the disease.
He said the district veterinary team took blood samples of the dead animals for testing at the Ministry of Agriculture four months ago but no results have been released.
Mr Lokwi said the animals just collapse and die.
Mr Colline Ogwang, the Kotido District veterinary officer, confirmed the livestock epidemic, saying the animals are dying of East Coast fever, a tick-borne disease.
The Kotido Woman Member of Parliament, Ms Margret Aleper, said she presented the problem to Parliament and the Ministry of Agriculture promised to take action but nothing clear has been done.
Mr Samson Lokeris, MP for Dodoth East in Kaabong, said the disease in Kotido was a threat to other neighbouring districts.
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