{"id":4625,"date":"2024-09-12T14:35:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T11:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idi.mak.ac.ug\/idi-science-fair\/?page_id=4625"},"modified":"2024-09-14T11:41:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T08:41:31","slug":"ms-lydia-nakiire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/idi.mak.ac.ug\/science-fair\/ms-lydia-nakiire\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Lydia Nakiire"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4625\" class=\"elementor elementor-4625\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4edb4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b4edb4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9001cf3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9001cf3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee8d22c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee8d22c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SCIENCE FAIR 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1ddf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb1ddf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>26th \u2013 27th September 2024<\/p><p>Theme: Innovate. 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