This archive report was first published on 7 July 2021.
On July 7, 2021, Deputy President William Ruto was in Uganda to officiate the laying of the foundation stone for a Biological Drugs and mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility at Matuga-Wakiso District near Lake Victoria.
Invited by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Ruto commended the efforts of the pharmaceutical company, Dei Group, to invest in vaccine production in Africa and urged other governments to support such initiatives.
President Museveni emphasized his government's commitment to funding research and innovations by local scientists, particularly those in universities.
DP Ruto emphasized the importance of self-reliance in vaccine production, saying, "For Africa to prosper, we need to move beyond reliance from the outside world and begin to believe in ourselves and our innovations."
Dei Group, which launched a hand and surface sanitizer in March 2020, claims to have a 100 per cent guaranteed killing of all viruses, including coronavirus, with its CovaNil product.
