Uganda, May 4 -- The government has inaugurated an Information Communication Technology (ICT) hub at Muni University aimed at addressing the issue of animal theft.

For many years, livestock farmers in the West Nile sub-region and other areas of Uganda have been plagued by frequent cases of animal theft, and it has been difficult for security personnel to track down the culprits.

However, the new innovation, called "Anim Track," is hoped to provide a digital solution to assist in the apprehension of these thieves and recover some of the stolen animals.

During the hub's launch on Friday evening, Mr Denis Asiku, a graduate student of Computer Science at the University, stated: "Our innovation is called 'Anim Track,' it is a digital soluti...