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The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has revealed that 98% of DNA tests conducted by men seeking to confirm paternity at the Government Analytical Laboratory (GAL) are turning out negative.
This means the majority of men undergoing these tests are discovering they are not the biological fathers of the children they have been raising.
Simon Peter Mundeyi, the ministry’s spokesperson, said about 95% of those coming for DNA tests are men, but more than 98% of the results show these men are not the biological fathers.
He added that many men leave the laboratory emotionally devastated.
As a result, he advised men to either avoid DNA tests unless essential or to conduct them early in a child’s life to lessen the emotional burden.
The ministry’s caution comes just days after DNA tests ruled out five of the nine children previously claimed to be those of the late Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya.
Similarly, one of the children of Prof. Muhammad Kateregga was ruled out after he sought DNA testing amid concerns triggered by domestic violence in his marriage.
