The Presidential Initiative on Science and Technology was started purposely to enhance the development of science and research in the country. The initiative seeks to advance scientific research through better funding and organisation. The initiative works through various bodies including the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST), Makerere University Institute of Science and Technology/Food Science, and the various research stations across the country. The initiative is recording success all over the country. For example, last year, a Ugandan scientist trying to use the soapberry plant to fight mosquitoes received US$400,000 from Presidential Initiative Fund. Miph Musoke, formerly at the Uganda Virus Research Institute and now a researcher at the privately-run Nkumba University, uses the soapberry plant, Phytolacca dodecandra, to kill the mosquito larvae. Musoke crushes the plant, locally known as Luwok...