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Security Bags Lionshare Shs 81bn, As Finance Ministry Has Presented Shillings 282 Billion Supplementary Request to Parliament of Uganda For Mitigation Of Covid-19 Effects. Ministry of finance presents a supplementary request to Parliament of Shs 282bn to mitigate the effects of Covid-19. Of which, Shs 62bn to Health, Shs 81bn to Security,  Shs 36bn to Local Government,  Shs 59bn to Disaster( food aid to Ugandans), Shs 14bn to ICT, Shs 30bn to KCCA.

A newly discovered watering-hole campaign is targeting Apple iPhone users in Hong Kong by using malicious website links as a lure to install spyware on the devices. According to research published by Trend Micro and Kaspersky, the " Operation Poisoned News " attack leverages a remote iOS exploit chain to deploy a feature-rich implant called 'LightSpy' through links to local news websites, which when clicked, executes the malware payload and allows an interloper to exfiltrate sensitive data from the affected device and even take full control. Watering-hole attacks typically let a bad actor compromise a specific group of end-users by infecting websites that they are known to visit, with an intention to gain access to the victim's device and load it with malware. The APT group, dubbed "TwoSail Junk" by Kaspersky, is said to be leveraging vulnerabilities present in iOS 12.1 and 12.2 spanning all models from iPhone 6 to the iPhone X, with the attacks first id...

A NEW WORLD ORDER MAY EMERGE AFTER THIS CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC - BY PATRIOTIC MATUA JOB RICHARD. By Patriot Matua Job Richard. - Fellow Compratiots, it is extremely expected that major damages will be done when this pandemic is declared over by the WHO. - What is certain too is that World Order will drastically change leading to evolution of a new one. - The political systems in the majority of the Content will be adjusted but Nationalism may finally peak again. Many Countries will once again impose serious protectionism in many aspects of life. - Intelligence Services will drastically be reformed to include medical intelligence after this humiliating attack by a Virus so invisible to say the least. It was a serious failure for respected intelligence agencies like CIA of America, MOSAD of Israel etc to fail to pick credible intelligence on this disease  - The World view of China and the Chinese will change. Chinese imperialism will be unaddressed and the Western powers and th...

Lack Of Critical Resources And Strategic Leadership Could Undermine Uganda's Effort to Combat The Spread Of Coronavirus and avert its  Damages in All Forms. According to Action Aid International, Uganda lost 1.4 trillion in tax incentives to companies like Bidco-- resources that could've aided the fight against COVID-19. In 50 days from now, it modelled if we continue the current path, nearly 9.4m Ugandans could be infected with COVID-19 yet fake news has been going round that MoH has spent 120bn in the fight against COVID-19. While this misinformation is to government's knowledge, nobody has come out to deny nor confirm. According to reliable sources, finance so far has only managed to avail Ugx 5bn to MoH and proposed about 250bn to deal with the virus with bulky of the money going to the security forces rather MoH which needs it most.  Since January when the virus was confirmed, Uganda only managed to setup committees last week. From reliable sources, Hon. Ruth A...

As Covid-19 cases continue to rise globally,  I urge us all to follow Ministry of health’s preventive measures in order to protect ourselves and our communities and to also be mindful of evil people who seek to spread panic and misinformation through fake news. #STAYSAFEUG

              Bankingg Malware OTP. The malware authors behind TrickBot banking Trojan have developed a new Android app that can intercept one-time authorization codes sent to Internet banking customers via SMS or relatively more secure push notifications, and complete fraudulent transactions. The Android app, called "TrickMo" by IBM X-Force researchers, is under active development and has exclusively targeted German users whose desktops have been previously infected with the TrickBot malware. "Germany is one of the first attack turfs TrickBot spread to when it first emerged in 2016," IBM researchers said. "In 2020, it appears that TrickBot's vast bank fraud is an ongoing project that helps the gang monetize compromised accounts." The name TrickMo is a direct reference to a similar kind of Android banking malware called ZitMo that was developed by Zeus cybercriminal gang in 2011 to defeat SMS-based two-factor authentication. The development is ...

A former health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed for five years for stealing more than $400,000 of funds meant to fight the Ebola Epidemic. Oly Ilunga was arrested last year by the Police for allegedly mismanaging funds allocated for the fight against Ebola. Although Oly Ilunga denied any wrongdoing he resigned as health minister and criticized the World Health Organisation in his resignation letter. Dr Ilunga and his financial advisor were both convicted of forging tens of thousands of dollars worth of receipts from a fake company. The said forged receipts were used to justify purchases of products already paid for by international donors. Both convicts also diverted money meant to pay for the transportation of life-saving items to Ebola hotspots. More than 2,200 people died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of recent outbreak in 2018. Although no new cases have been recorded in more than a month, the outbreak is yet to be d...

Opposition Starts To Jubilate, As The Constitutional Court Has Nullified Section 8 Of The Public Order Management Act 2013 (POMA). The Constitutional Court has nullified section 8 of the Public Order Management Act 2013 that had given police more powers to control public meetings in the country. Police had taken advantage of section 8 which gives them powers to allow who, when, why, what and how public meetings takes place. Across the country, police have waved the law like a conventional flag in a war zone signaling ‘cease-fire’ to, especially Opposition activities. Perhaps, more than any other law, POMA’s prominence has been the highest on the pecking order of public debate. This news has left many political activists especially from Opposition happy as police’s powers have been trimmed and the interpretation of the law that was tabled by former Premier Amama Mbabazi and passed by the 9th Parliament in 2013 had become a point of political segregation in the co...

Despite of the Public Transport system being Shutdown, some Drivers are Riskingly manouvaring to Transport People for Shillings 20000 per Person from Arua to Koboko, which, the Transport Fee used to be Ugandan Shillings 7000 Per Person. Another Driver, Driving a Silvery iPsum “UAT 719W” has been Arrested and taken to Arua CPS, for Defying Government Lockdown Orders. Meanwhile, all the Shops and Shopping Markets in Arua and in all Parts of Uganda are currently under lockdown, with the Security Forces (Soldiers and Police) been heavily deployed to Arrest those who Defy National and International Isolation. On the other Hand, i contacted some People and Roadside Vendors, on How they Feel about the Lockdown and what they think the Government should do to enhance situations at the same time protecting Public Safety. Some of these Vendors, infact responded to me, in a manner of blaming the entire Government but not seeing the Government protecting them. Our Government Loves us and that is wh...

Photo Credit; TVO. 1. 100 per cent tax relief to all persons earning 24,000 and less 2. Reduction of PAYE from 30 to 25 per cent 3. Reduction of corporate tax from 30 to 25 per cent 4. Reduction of turnover tax rate for MSMEs from 3 to 1 per cent 5. An additional Sh10 billion for elderly cash transfers 6. Temporary suspension of CRB listing of any person, MSMEs and corporate entities whose loan account fall due or is in arrears effective April 1, 2020 7. Reduction of VAT from 16 to 14 per cent effective April 1, 2020 8. All ministries and departments to pay Sh13 billion of pending bills within three weeks 9. KRA expedite payment of Sh10 billion VAT relief within three weeks 10. Sh1 billion from UHC kitty be appropriated to recruit additional health workers 11. Voluntary reduction of salaries: DP and President - 80 per cent Ministers -30 per cent PSs-- 20 per cent 12. All state and public officers with pre existing medical conditions or aged 50 and above, serving in Job Group F ...

A nearly empty bus station in Kigali, Rwanda, this Week. Rwandan police shot and killed two people who defied lockdown orders imposed by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The two men in their twenties “attempted to tussle with officers,” Rwanda National Police spokesman John Bosco Kabera said by phone Wednesday. Rwanda began a two-week lockdown on March 22, restricting travel between towns and cities and asking people to stay indoors. Its measures are among the most stringent in Africa. The East African nation has 40 confirmed Covid-19 cases. Photo Credit; Simon Wolfarht. #osutayusuf @osutayusuf

This evening, I addressed the country on the situation as far as the Covid-19 pandemic is concerned. The country has registered five more cases, bringing the total to 14 confirmed cases.  Among these new cases is a trader from from Adjumani who frequented the border with South Sudan, a baby in Iganga whose father had recently returned from Kisumu Kenya and two Chinese nationals recently stopped in Zombo on their way to DR Congo.  Minus the new cases, the of the nine earlier recorded, eight are responding well to treatment. Their temperatures have come down. Only one case still has temperature fluctuations but our medical people are closely monitoring.  We expect to get more reports of scattered cases but on the whole, we are happy that we took critical decisions early enough like closing schools and centres of worship. This greatly reduced points of contact.  However, now that we have some new cases, the government must take additional measures to check the s...

The Woman MP made the Statement yesterday 24-March-2020, after Learning that, some native People Living at the Boarder Line especially the Lugbara People along Uganda - DRC Boarder, who most times share Socialism and Communitism, are still not controlling and taking care of themselves despite of the alarming World Wide Coronavirus Epidemic Outbreak. Hon Rose Ayaka, the Caring Leader by the People, of the People and for the People, thinks that, it is not a Mandatory but a God given Obligation for rightful Leaders to Care and Protect their People, particularly in times of Disasters and Disease Outbreaks like this.

√ Fellow Africans and in particular Ugandans, greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ/ Allah. √ It is partly human nature to be selfish or self centered and wish bad for other fellow human beings especially when on wrong side of life like being sick without hope of healing. √ I have seen some major examples of human deliberate mistakes of causing harm to fellow humans. These include:- terrorism, poisoning, murder, Corruption, intentional spreading of HIV, STIs and STDs. √ So, the behaviour of our own brothers and Sisters from Dubai to hide aware of the need to have them medically tested is another example of these facts of humanity. That humans have dirty hearts and bad thoughts " ebirowozo Bibi" in Luganda. You can imagine Rev. Fr. Hiding is another ugly truth of human weakness of the highest order. It is indicative of absurdity in reality and it is very unfortunate. If a Priest who spends 10 years studying God's command can make such mistake,what do you exp...

While the Coronavirus pandemic continues to strike chaos across the global economies, threat actors keep on launching cyberattacks on organizations from all sizes and verticals. IR providers face a unique challenge when approached by these organizations since, due to the Coronavirus mass quarantine, conducting incident response engagements by arriving physically to the customers' offices is impossible. Cynet 360, a tool of choice for a number of IR providers (offered to IR providers for free), enables responders to compensate on the lack of physical access with the ability to conduct a full IR operation remotely by seamless and rapid remote deployment, complete visibility into the attacked organization's environment, automated threat detection, and integrated MDR services. Attackers always seek easy opportunities, and it's no wonder many threat actors take advantage of the current mayhem of the Coronavirus pandemic to increase their attacks' volume. As the need for 3rd ...

In a Press Conference Addressed today by the Office of Presidency, through the Office Of the RDC Arua and Chairman Of Business Community (Chairman Chamber Of Commerce) Mr Atima Jackson have resolved to Summon Whole Sale and Retail Business Owners if they keep on Increasing the Prices of Commodities in the Market. In the Picture is, Deputy RDC Arua and Mr Jackson the Chairman Business Community. Below here is the Speech from the Press Conference 👇👇👇👇 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c-Bawa_yyb1tTqfMQvN9Tbi-ygTjAVfj/view?usp=drivesdk This comes at a Time, the Public became frightened on the Closer of all the Boarders, Customs and Countries around the World over the Fear of Preventing Coronavirus epidemic Contraction. Whereas President Museveni gave Orders to stop all the Human Travelings, and He allowed Cargos and Goods to continue coming in with only less than 3 People in the Trailer or the Cargo, Our People thought President Museveni has totally Banned Everything ev...

South Sudan Finance Minister, Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, depletes the Central Bank of its reserves, bankrupting the institution by over 50 million dollars allocated for public auction to local forex bureaus and banks. The auction would have helped inject hard currency into the economy. But this level of financial fraud is nothing new in South Sudan. In a past report by the Sentry (thesentry.org), ‘’Some PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) exploit their control of local banks to divert state funds for their own benefit. For instance, in 2016, the central bank auctioned off $56 million to South Sudanese commercial banks by drawing on IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).45 The IMF intended to offset the devaluation of the SSP, but instead, the auction served as an infusion of cash that flowed to PEP-connected bank.’’ The finance minister siphoned off the funds and utilized the money to cater for his lobbying such that he could be re-appointed into the position- and he succeeded grea...

Today, the Managing Director of HILLTOP HOTEL ARUA, Mr Atima Jackson, who is also the Chairman Chamber Of Commerce, has been Addressing the Staff, majorly on how they should Handle Customers and Visistors of all types within this outbreak of Covid-19. Mr Jackson Atima said, though Hygiene has always been the first Priority at the Hotel, it should be more scaled this time with a Compulsory Wearing of Masks, Glothes and Hand washing by the Staff of the Hotel, the Visitors and the Customers. Mr Jackson, who at the same time is Aspiring Candidate for Arua Municipality MP seat, Urged the entire Public to be Vigilant, Conscious and Hygienic on Preventing Contraction of the Coronavirus.

13-Aug-2018 Bloody MP By-Election Campaigns concluded in Arua and Presidential Convoy reported to be Attacked by Raudily Chaotic Opposition Supporters. 6-March-2020 Raid on Zombo Army Barracks and 3 Soldiers reported to be Killed By the Rebels who were Armed with Pangas, Knife, Bows and Arrows. 21-March-2020 Jailbreak by the Inmates who are reported to have grabbed the Gun of the Officer on Duty today at around 1pm at Arua Central Prison and many of them Escaped, 4 inmates so far Confirmed Dead and other Escapee Inmates are still on the Run. With all these Continous Uncertainties, some of which i may have forgotten to write above here, should we not say Our People in WestNile Region can Screw too much?. What the Hell is perhaps going on in that WestNile Region which is Gifted by Nature?. I do not know from which Angle many of you my Followers and Readers understand my content here, but it has really made me feel Shameful and Speechless. On behalf of the Online Publication platf...

Social engineering-driven malware threats continue to be a big threat, but new research details how cybercriminals profit off such schemes to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars from stolen credit cards of unsuspecting victims. Cybersecurity firm Check Point Research, in a report, uncovered the digital trail of a Nigerian cybercriminal, who went by the name of "Dton" and targeted hundreds of thousands of people under the moniker of "Bill Henry" by sending them malicious emails with custom-built malware. The company said it disclosed the findings to concerned Nigerian and international law enforcement authorities for further action. A multi-stage criminal scheme The operation began with Dton buying stolen credit card details from Ferrum Shop, an online marketplace that sells over 2.5 million stolen credit card credentials, and then charging them each $550 each to fraudulently net more than $100,000 in illicit transactions. "During the years 2013-2020, the a...

In Picture, is some of the recaptured Inmates. So far Confirmed Information indicates that, 3 Inmates have been Killed, 7 Recaptured and more than 10 Escaped after some group of the inmates Mobilised and Forcefully Snatched Gun of the Prison Warder on duty today at around 1pm. It is believed that, the inmates have been protesting why they are not been freed and yet inmates in China and in some Countries are been Freed because of the Coronavirus Outbreak. Per the Outcome, the Security around the Prison / Arua Town has been beefed up and the Road leading from Arua Town to Ediofe has been sieged by Military as the Search for the other Escapees continues. Stay tuned on https://osutayusuf.ga , WhatsApp +243810842056 and https://osutayusuf.blogspot.com for more Updates and News.

In the last decade, Africa and Middle East Western Asia have been in the news in Western media for a wrong reason, of economic migration. Many potential future leaders, parents and Vine guards of African Heritage headed to Europe, America ( North America), Israel, China looking for economic safe heavens to escape humiliating poverty back home in a naturally rich Africa. Meditarenian sea and the Oceans surrounding Africa became mass Graves of victims of migration. This led to Nationalism in Europe and USA leading to the elections of inward looking Presidents in many of these Countries. America first became a popular creed or slogan in USA, I want my Country back became the famous campaign catch phrase of the leave campaigners in United Kingdom (Britain) The whole World denigrated Africa, and African leadership. We became symbols of failures in all aspects of humanity.  Racism and racial attacks on black people grew exponentially/drastically/sharply in the last decade. How th...

Entebbe. Airport authorities have stood their Ground and forced Rwanda Air to take them to Kigali or elsewhere. Uganda Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng is not playing around anymore. #PeaceOfChristForAll

A new module for TrickBot banking Trojan has recently been discovered in the wild that lets attackers leverage compromised systems to launch brute-force attacks against selected Windows systems running a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection exposed to the Internet. The module, dubbed "rdpScanDll," was discovered on January 30 and is said to be still in development, said cybersecurity firm Bitdefender in a report. According to the researchers, the rdpScanDll brute-forcing module has so far attempted to target 6,013 RDP servers belonging to enterprises in telecom, education, and financial sectors in the U.S. , Asian Countries and in some African Countries. The malware authors behind TrickBot specialize in releasing new modules and versions of the Trojan in an attempt to expand and refine its capabilities. "The flexibility allowed by this modular architecture has turned TrickBot into a very complex and sophisticated malware capable of a wide range of malicious a...

Greetings fellow Country Men, Africans and whole World, am glad to be here this moment writing to all of you about my chanky experience in traveling with California Bus Services Arua. It costed me some good time to research and eventually delivering these ethics about many of these Bus Companies which are majorly plying One of the Longest Travel Distances in Uganda, from Kampala - Arua - Koboko, on duration of around 9 Hours Drive (by most Buses) at a roughly estimated 90 speed meter limit. On grounds of my thorough survey, i would Boldly and Frankly narrate here in that, California Bus Services Arua is One of the Best Companies Offering Public Road Transport Services in WestNile Region and Uganda at large. Coming to the real essence, it all started with fastidious Attendants at the Booking Office, the Manager, the Drivers, the Conductors and the Conductresses who speak audible Customer Care Language to all Clients and Passengers of different Levels and having embarked ...