Lake region governors have signed an MoU with 11 universities on research and innovation. “We have realised that there are many universities in the lake region that we have to make good use of in research and innovation,” he said. The governors also renewed their calls to be allowed to directly import vaccines and rapid testing kits amid the Covid-19 surge. They have scheduled a meeting next week with Health CS Mutahi Kagwe to discuss the direct importation and rapid testing kits. “We have agreed as a region that we require more rapid testing kits because PCR testing takes longer hours.

Source: The Star June 28, 2021 19:06 UTC