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Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Under the theme of Pathways to Recovery and Resilient Food Systems, 500 guests will meet in Nairobi, Kenya in September for this year’s AGRF Summit to brainstorm on new commitments to the future of African food systems and showcase how resilience will be built …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Robinah Nabbanja: Mobile cash and her changes in PM office THE LAST WORD Lessons from imperial hubris: How the US and her NATO allies lost trillions in a vain effort to turn Afghanistan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this afternoon officially flagged off Team Uganda to the Tokyo Olympic games. The games that were meant to take place last year were postponed because of the challenges caused by the coronavirus. The games will now take place from July …

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Napak district has launched a hunt for gunmen who ambushed and killed a businessman. Michael Longole, the Karamoja regional police spokesperson identified the deceased as Lorot Turon, 40 years, a resident of Kamor village, Kanawat sub county in Kotido district. He says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer George William Alenyo has sued Professor Patrick Ogwang, the inventor of Covid-19 treatment supplementary drug known as Covidex. He is seeking orders that Prof Ogwang is not the lawful proprietor of Covidex and therefore remit monies collected to the consolidated fund. Alenyo is joined …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 15 private security guards have succumbed to the new wave of Covid-19 in the last few weeks, according to The Uganda Private Security Association-TUPSA chairman Grace Matsiko. Matsiko in an interview with Uganda Radio Network said the new Covid-19 wave has ravaged various …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabale Resident District Commissioner Darius Nandinda has apologized to health workers in the district for being harassed by security personnel enforcing the Covid-19 presidential directives. In the past weeks, security personnel in the district have been under criticism for brutalizing healthy workers. On Sunday night, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Mbale central market are yet to receive the mosquito nets promised by the government. Last month, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni asked market vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact with family members, as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Regional referral hospitals are still dusting beds procured by the Ministry of Health for Intensive Care Unit- ICU wards. The beds and other equipment for the units are stuck in stores and others in open spaces at the hospital parking lots. Intensive care units (ICU) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three nurses of Kawempe hospital have been arrested for allegedly stealing drugs. They were arrested on Thursday by a team of detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and the police. The head of the Statehouse Anti-Corruption Unit, Col Edith Nakalema identified the suspects as …