Uganda, April 25 -- An audit of the Government Analytical Laboratories by the Auditor General as recently published showed that 62 percent of what are supposed to be forensic experts lack relevant training.

The report shared in this publication revealed that 23 of 37 staff in the forensics department do not have even basic training. The findings are of great concern considering that this is a key government department that can determine the outcome of criminal and other investigations of public importance.

To have this level of responsibility entrusted to a group of people who lack even basic training raises questions as to the quality of work that they deliver or have delivered in the past.

This gap, as the auditor general highlighted...