BUKEDI SUB-REGION TO PILOT MOSQUITO RADIATION STERILIZATION

President Museveni together with a group of scientists have agreed to start with Bukedi Sub-region as a pilot area for a new mosquito radiation sterilization technology aimed at preventing malaria.
Speaking during a meeting at State House, Entebbe the President said if the study works out in Bukedi, the technology will then be spread to other areas around the country.
Israel Green, the Chief Executive Officer of Malerie Technologies Limited informed the President that they aim to establish a high-level artificial intelligence technology known as a radiation sterilization which sterilizes male mosquitoes