Makerere University, Kampala has promised to continue creating avenues of innovation in the fields of science and technology and improve on research.

Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba, the vice chancellor of Makerere University says that the continued existence of this 90 year old institution of learning will depend on its research and innovations in science.

Baryamureeba says that research and scientific discoveries is the only way Uganda and may be Africa at large can survive and compete with the rest of the world.

Makerere marked the beginning of a series of events to 90 years of the institution on Tuesday. Last year Makerere University produced an automobile prototype –Kiira EV, and it’s currently putting together a 14- sitter vehicle as well as producing a bomb detection robot.