The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has encouraged legislators to tour the exhibition stalls and support the innovators during the Science, Technology and Innovation Week, which is being hosted at Parliament.
Several local innovators, who include but are not limited to food processors, engineers and animation artists, are at the exhibition organized by the Parliament Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation.
During her communication to the House today, Kadaga said that Ugandans had such great talent that needs to be identified and funded.
The Chairperson of the Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, Hon. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga (NRM, Kigulu North) reassured the exhibitors that they were aware of intellectual theft, but referred them to the Uganda Registration Service Bureau (URSB), which he said was around to help them register their innovations.
Parliament is hosting the Science, Technology and Innovation Exhibition Week from 10 – 14 December 2018 under the theme ‘Transforming the country through Ugandan innovations”.