Mbarara University of Science & Technology has been robbed of an eloquent and great icon, Prof. William Isharaza who passed away on Monday morning after succumbing to cancer at Case Clinic in Kampala.
At the time of his death, Prof William Isharaza was the head of Biochemistry Department at Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
The 67-year-old scientist was born in Igara but remained a popular and influential figure in the world of science.
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Prof Isharaza will be remembered for developing the herbal molluscide from the plant Phytolacca Dodecandra (omuhoko) which is used to kill liver-fluke-harbouring snails that flourish in cattle-wearing wells and infect the animals.
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