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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 3 Jan 2017

    A Ugandan engineer has designed a biomedical "smart jacket" to quickly and accurately diagnose pneumonia.http://bbc.in/2izgAFT 

    7:14 AM - 3 Jan 2017
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    21 replies 366 retweets 235 likes
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      2. Frank K Tumwebaze,MP‏Verified account @FrankTumwebazek 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        :Yes innovations have potential 2 revolutionalise all spheres of life.#GOVof #uganda will support innovators in the next budget yr

        6 replies 8 retweets 12 likes
      3. ojobile innocent‏ @OjobileInnocent 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @FrankTumwebazek @BBCAfrica

        why are you talking of next year. What have you been doing in the past 30 Years?

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Frank K Tumwebaze,MP‏Verified account @FrankTumwebazek 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @OjobileInnocent

        ; Building tarmac roads to all districts qtrs, electricity etc. Now moving to support innovations.

        6 replies 2 retweets 9 likes
      5. ojobile innocent‏ @OjobileInnocent 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @FrankTumwebazek @BBCAfrica

        Be sure of what you are saying! Much as I'm don't there. Umeme is unreliable;

        3 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      6. Boaz Musemeza‏ @musemeb 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @OjobileInnocent @FrankTumwebazek @BBCAfrica

        clearly u are not here and not informed. We have reliable power supply.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. ojobile innocent‏ @OjobileInnocent 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @musemeb @FrankTumwebazek @BBCAfrica

        when in WN people were in total power black out on 1st Jan for more than 8 hours

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Yiga Francis‏ @YigaFrancis5 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @FrankTumwebazek proud of the Ugandan govt .services improve on a daily basis applause @KagutaMuseveni

        0 replies 3 retweets 9 likes
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      1. Barna_AGB‏ @BarnaBirungi 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @tashanamirembe wow!

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      2. Musa Bah‏ @MusaBah 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        this shows that given the opportunity African sciencetist can invent just like their western counterparts

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Matt‏ @MSikirivawu 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @MusaBah @BBCAfrica

        We have the ability to do even more, it's the resources & support which we lack. .

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. End of conversation
      1. Musiime Emmanuel  🇺🇬‏ @blogMuss 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        To prison 👉RT @BBCAfrica: A Ugandan engineer has designed a biomedical "smart jacket" to quickly and accurately diagnose pneumonia.

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      1. Mucunguzi nicholas‏ @MucunguziN 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @RedPepperUG Fantastic!

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      1. Chance elias‏ @Chanceelias2 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @RedPepperUG

        GT

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      1. Gordon Mogul J B‏ @GordonMogulJB 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @Natabaalo woow,I like that,hopeful white community never takes him and silences him by suffocating his tech dream

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      1. first born‏ @deo_sekisonge 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @Natabaalo interesting

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      1. Arua Stone‏ @AAtesot 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        you might find it is a Ugandan doctor based in UK fruits of brain drain.🤔

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      1. Daniella Akellot‏ @DAkellot 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        What an incredible innovation.

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      1. Ssenyonga Peter‏ @SsenyongaPeter2 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        that's up 2030 vision

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      1. Jeff_Geofreyamanya‏ @jeffamanya 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        the #NRM we want

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