Uganda, April 27 -- The government has stopped issuing non-repayable grants to scientific innovators, a move official said was done to ensure that only serious innovators access the funding to develop the innovations from ideation to final consumable products.While opening the 2026 Science Week Hackathon at Kabila Country Club in Kampala on Monday April 27, Ms Cathy Muwumuza, the Superintendent Support Services at the Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Secretariat said that they decided to stop giving grants to innovators because majority were not always serious.".previously, we had a challenge which is now phasing out.one of the reasons why we weren't seeing value for money is because we had created an economy called grant-premier...