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DNA tests boost non-tax revenue – Lab director

Prossy Kisakye | December 18, 2024

The director of the Government Analytical Laboratory, Kepher Kuchana, revealed on Tuesday that the government generated half a billion shillings from DNA testing during a recent surge in demand for these services. He made the revelation while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs, chaired by Nyabushozi […]

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Govt bans DNA testing centres from advertising their services

admin | October 2, 2023

By Priscilla Maloba The Ministry of Health has banned Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) paternity relationship testing centres from advertising their services. According to the ministry, any DNA centre that will be found advertising its services will have its licence revoked. “There should not be any form of advertising or promotion of […]

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Israeli man who confessed to killing his wife remanded

admin | August 1, 2023

By BRIAN ADAMS KESIIME | Monitor Court in Mpigi District has remanded an Israeli man who last month confessed to killing his lover after a DNA test revealed he is not the biological father of their baby. Court presided over by Mpigi Grade One Magistrate Ezra Solomon Okem heard that on […]

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Unpacking the rampant DNA tests

David Mujuni | July 12, 2023

The surge in the number of men seeking Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) paternity testing and laboratories offering the service, has raised concern about the credibility of the tests. Mr. Peter Igaga joined Brian Mulondo and Faiza Fabz on D’Mighty Breakfast to analyze the rampant DNA tests in the country. Listen to […]