Makerere University graduate found dead in his room
May 25, 2021 RIP: James Eyangu
A Makerere University fresh graduate has been found dead in his room barely a week after his graduation. 27-year-old James Eyangu, the former president of Makerere College of Veterinary Medicine graduated last week on Wednesday in Biomedical Laboratory Technology.
According to Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, Enyangu s lifeless body was found lying in his rented room in Kikumi-Kikumi in Makerere, a Kampala city suburb.
The deceased was last seen alive by one of his neighbors identified as Caroline Akol on Friday.
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“Akol told officers that she last saw the deceased on Friday morning at about 8 am when she borrowed a plastic stool from him, said Owoyesigyire.
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10 Ugandan scientists who developed anti-tick vaccine
Thursday April 15 2021
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ECF is one of the deadly tick-borne diseases which is a huge economic threat to farmers with herds of exotic breeds, cross-breeds and increasingly on local breeds raised in a tick-free environment.
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A team of scientists from Makerere University who developed the anti-tick vaccine called ticvac-u have been unveiled.
Dr Margaret Saimo-Kahwa, the lead developer of the vaccine, on Tuesday said the development started in 2005 with a seed grant from the Dutch Research Council, but the government of Uganda through the Presidential Initiative on Science and Technology took interest and continued providing financial support to date.