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This study investigated 80 samples collected from butchering tables, slaughter slabs, meat rinsing points, and abattoir wastes receiving water from two abattoirs (A and B). Total <jats:italic>Enterobacteriaceae<\/jats:italic> count (TEC) for each sample was determined, and <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>coli<\/jats:italic>), <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic> spp., <jats:italic>Shigella<\/jats:italic> spp., and <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>) were isolated and identified. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was done on all bacterial isolates against nine locally used antibiotics. Overall, 118 bacterial isolates, comprising <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> (42.5%), <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic> spp. (27.5%), <jats:italic>Shigella<\/jats:italic> spp. (37.5%), and <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> (40.0%), were recovered. Of the 118 bacterial isolates, 104 (88.1%) were multidrug\u2010resistant, including 58 (55.8%) from abattoir A and 46 (44.2%) from abattoir B; however, this difference was not statistically significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.6837). Of the 32 <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>aureus<\/jats:italic> isolates, 29 (90.6%) were multidrug\u2010resistant. All <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>aureus<\/jats:italic> were 100% sensitive to vancomycin, kanamycin, and amikacin. Similarly, 31 (91.2%) of the 34 <jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>coli<\/jats:italic> isolates recovered in this study were multidrug\u2010resistant. <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic> spp. and <jats:italic>Shigella<\/jats:italic> spp. also showed high levels of multidrug resistance corresponding to 81.8% and 86.7%, respectively. All isolates of <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Shigella<\/jats:italic> were 100% resistant to ampicillin and 100% sensitive to ciprofloxacin. Minimum and maximum mean values for TEC were 3.62\u20105.83 log CFU\/mL for abattoir A and 4.08\u20135.56 log CFU\/mL for abattoir B. The highest and lowest TEC counts were from slaughter slab and upstream water, respectively, in each abattoir. Our results indicate a predominance of multidrug\u2010resistant bacteria in abattoir wastes and their receiving waters in the study sites. 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