Scientists and policies in Uganda --- Politicians are loudest in policy-making here in Uganda. While scientific research is growing and we have more science resources available to guide decisions, having science inform policies is not well accomodated. There is a large divide between science and policy that we are just realizing and attempting to fix for example in fields of computer science, health, environmental science, tourism among others. The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the first instances where we had scientific evidence directly considered by the policy actors, but even then, final decisions erred more to the side of political (economic etc) benefits for the main stakeholders in policy-making who are politicians.

Source author: Kiconco Patricia kictricia@gmail.com