Operators of private laboratories have questioned the criteria the Ministry of Health used to zero down on only two laboratories to conduct Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) paternity testing in the country. Little Oak DNA testing laboratory, a Kampala-based private facility which has not been permitted to conduct the tests, said they […]
Genetics experts have lauded the government for streamlining deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing procedures in the country. This follows what has been widely perceived as a DNA paternity testing crisis in the country. According to health minister Dr Ruth Acheng, this made the public question the validity and integrity of DNA […]
By Tonny Abet | Monitor Government has moved to head off the brewing social storm stirred by a sharp rise in demand for Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) paternity testing, saying yesterday that it recognises the potential danger posed to society if the service is left unregulated. Information and national guidance minister, Dr […]
More men are seeking DNA tests for their children, government has revealed. In this episode of the KFM Hotseat, Patrick Kamara hosts Dr. Ruth Biyinzika Kasolo, lawyer Patrick Turinawe, Mr. Simon Kaheru, and Ms. Sarah Kwagala for a conversation on the rush for DNA tests and family battles in court. […]
By U R N At least 32 men have written to the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC), demanding the cancelation of children’s passports after DNA results showed they are not the biological fathers. Mr Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson, said the men whose details […]
