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Did you know that Mr Baguma Saidy has an Organization that caters for the poor and the needy! The Organisation is called *Baguma Foundation*. This is one of his noble causes showcasing his sympathy for humanity towards the impoverished. It should be noted with curiosity that, Mr Baguma Saidy did not venture into politics to look for job or means of survival. His thirst to uphold the status quo of the ordinary person is the main agenda for his aspiration into politics. Let us kindly support this gentle politician Baguma Saidy who has a tested and proven integrity. Vote Baguma Saidy for Division Mayor Arua City 2021 to 2026. #Vote #Baguma_Saidy #Mayor #Central_Division_Arua_City

Trump's campaign website is briefly 'seized' by Bitcoin hackers who claim to have evidence that 'proves his criminal involvement with foreign actors to manipulate the election' Donald Trump’s campaign website was briefly ‘seized’ by hackers Tuesday who claimed to have evidence that ‘completely discredits’ him as a president and proves his ‘criminal involvement’ in the manipulation of the 2020 election.  A message reading, 'this site was seized' appeared briefly on the 'About' and 'Events' pages of DonaldJTrump.com, before the website was taken offline completely just after 7:20pm. The message continued that the world 'has had enough of fake news spreaded [sic] daily by the president ... it is time to allow the world to know the truth.'  The hackers behind the stunt claimed to have compromised multiple of the president's devices, giving them 'full access' to Trump and his relatives, along with access to confidential...

google android adware malware apps. Google has stepped in to remove several Android applications from the official Play Store following the disclosure that the apps in question were found to serve intrusive ads. The findings were reported by the Czech cybersecurity firm Avast on Monday, which said the 21 malicious apps (list here) were downloaded nearly eight million times from Google's app marketplace. The apps masqueraded as harmless gaming apps and came packed with HiddenAds malware, a notorious Trojan known for its capabilities to serve intrusive ads outside of the app. The group behind the operation relies on social media channels to lure users into downloading the apps. Earlier this June, Avast discovered a similar HiddenAds campaign involving 47 gaming apps with over 15 million downloads that were leveraged to display device-wide intrusive ads. "Developers of adware are increasingly using social media channels, like regular marketers would," Avast's Jak...

RIP Col-Shaban Bantariza Deputy government spokesperson Col. Shaban Bantariza is dead. Col. Bantariza died today morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he had been admitted since Sunday. Media Centre Executive Director, Ofwono Opondo who is also the boss of Col. Bantariza announced his death. “I hereby with deep sorrow regret to announce the death of my Deputy Shaban Bantariza that occurred early this morning at Mulago Hospital where he had been in admission since Sunday with hypertension” Mr Ofwono wrote. Bantariza was in 2013 appointed Media Centre Deputy Executive Director by President Yoweri Museveni before he was retired.  Within the same  year, he was arrested and slapped with charges of embezzlement of funds while he served as the head of National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi. He was subsequently acquitted of the charges when those that accused him failed to produce evidence. Col. Bantariza was army Spokesperson between 2000 and 20...

What could have been as a shock to many is that, all along many people didn't know Cheptegei Joshua is a Police Officer. The Police Advisory Committee has recommended IP Cheptegei Joshua who broke four (4) World Records in long distance running competitions, for promotion to his next rank of ASP. The IGP who is the Chairperson of the PAC made the announcement to honor the athlete on Wednesday, 21.10.2020 during the meeting.  He in addition, tasked the Director of Logistics and Engineering to allocate a Double Cabin Pick-up and a Coaster Mini-bus to the Police Athletics team to support their training in Kapchorwa in fulfillment of his earlier pledge. We would like to add that the police elite athlete has so far had a phenomenal season, where he broke 4 (four) World records.  He is now the 5000m World record holder, a double Common Wealth Gold Medalist, and is also the reigning World Cross Country and World 10,000m Champion. In addition, there are plans to rename a facil...

In the spirit of Pan-Africanism, after joining H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to officiate at the ground-breaking ceremony of the 132KV power line connecting WestNile to the National grid & commissioning Electro-Maxx thermal power plant in Arua we paid a visit to our neighbors in DRC. We need to embrace one of the core principles of NRM (Pan-Africanism) if Uganda & the region are to attain social economic transformation for dev’t as it is vital to our economic, social & political progress but also unifies & uplifts African people. 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇨🇩🇨🇩 #M7IsMyPresident

Ministers and MPs; Anite Evelyn, Moses Ali, Aridru Gabriel, Atiku Benard and other MPs from WestNile Region have this afternoon joined President Museveni in launching the ground breaking ceremony for the Grid Expansion and reinforcement project that will eventually connect WestNile Region to the National Grid.

New Chrome Zero-day Under Active Attacks – Update Your Browser Now. Attention readers, if you are using Google Chrome browser on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computers, you need to update your web browsing software immediately to the latest version Google released earlier today. Google released Chrome version 86.0.4240.111 to patch several security high-severity issues, including a zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild by attackers to hijack targeted computers. Tracked as CVE-2020-15999, the actively exploited vulnerability is a type of memory-corruption flaw called heap buffer overflow in Freetype, a popular open source software development library for rendering fonts that comes packaged with Chrome. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by security researcher Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero on October 19 and is subject to a seven-day public disclosure deadline due to the flaw being under active exploitation. Glazunov also immediately reporte...

Blogger Ashburg Kato has protested against certain members of the National Resistance Movement over what he calls “lack of transparency’ following the disappearance of cows that had been promised to him by President Museveni. Kato claims that during a meeting with President Museveni at his farm in Kisozi, the president promised him five cows which he duly delivered. “When I met the president, he said he was very happy with my ideas, he asked that I start farming so as a contribution he pledged five cows. I was elated but I was not prepared to have the cows, I had not where to put them immediately,” Kato said. “The truth is that the president never tells lies even if he promises you the whole of Kampala today, you will wake up and demand it and have it. So in this case the president delivered the cows,” Kato said. He, however, claims that the cows that were delivered were given to someone at Okello House in Nakasero who disappeared with them. “I have been waiting for the cows, from nowh...

I was born and grew up in Yivu Sub-County, Loinya Parish in Aliro East Village in 1982 to Mrs Florence Drijaru (my mother) a businesswoman and Mr Orijabo John (my father) a retired police officer at the rank of DPC. MY EDUCATION BACKGROUND. I sat for PLE in Maracha primary school in 1995, studied O and A level (i did LEG / Fine art) in Maracha secondary school from 1996 to 2001. I later on joined Kyambogo University and attained Bachelors Degree in Guidance and Counselling, post graduate in Social Work and Social Administration. MY WORKING EXPERIENCE. I was a teacher, teaching English language in Maracha Secondary School. I worked as a Social Worker in St Joseph's Hospital Maracha (commonly known as Ovujo Hospital). I also worked Baylor Ug at Entebbe as a counsellor specifically with PHAs. I worked with NIRA as enrollment officer. Just recently before i resigned, i worked with International Rescue Committe as a Social Worker. Throughout my childhood life, my school life and...

    Mr Andama Richard, the interdicted RDC Yumbe District. Information obtained from some impeccable sources indicate that there are fears to kidnap and assassinate the wife of Mr Andama Richard the illegally interdicted RDC Yumbe District who doubles as the chair of West Nile RDCs who was interdicted under unclear circumstances and without giving the reasons and specific offences he had committed as required by law. It is now coming to four months but the office of the president went mute about the matter since 02 July 2020. Although RDC Mr. Andama had petitioned the president as his appointing authority  to intervene in the matter since he believes the interdiction was not in good faith, malicious , ill intended and defamatory in nature just to tarnish his name and  good reputation for being one of the best performing RDCs in westnile region contrary to what was purported in his interdiction letter by secretary office of the president , He was rated the bes...

We have been married for six years now and have two lovely kids. We were generally happy until my husband recently returned home and declared that it was time for me to quit my job as a lawyer and be a stay-at-home mom. We got into a huge argument about it. My parents raised me to be financially independent and it has been working very well for us as a couple. While he caters for school fees, I pay rent for our home and we are currently saving money for our children’s university education. I grew up watching both my parents work to put food on the table. I am a career woman and he knew this when we met. I sweated through law school so I could build my career and I am finally reaping big from my hard work and now he wants me to quit! I have asked him what brought this on and all he says is that it is just his wish. I even suggested we go for marriage counselling and he has said no. I have asked him whether he feels neglected, and he says that is not the problem. He told me how t...

In this episode of Lawyer Baguma Saidy's aspiration for Division Mayor 2021 to 2026,  am entrancing bit of his essence but rather  divergent in the view of some people. The Politics at play by Mr Baguma Saidy is more of honesty, truth and diplomatic politics but some people are misunderstanding him; they simply expect him to be a violent politician, rough rumor mongering politician, this type of politician who goes on to the streets to call other fellow Politicians (Opponents) by names and regarding them as thieves, criminals!,  this politics where people become excited and energised by the noise made by the Candidate they support, forgetting to keenly investigate leadership codes of conduct of such aspiring Candidates and also never minding to question the enthusiasm of their Campaign manifestos. But unfortunately, Mr Baguma is perhaps, not the type some people want. He doesn't associate with rumors, sluts, blasphemy and so on. These are the typical of Leaders we...

On Monday, Court formally charged six Russian intelligence officers for carrying out destructive malware attacks with an aim to disrupt and destabilize other nations and cause monetary losses. The individuals, who work for Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), have been accused of perpetrating the "most disruptive and destructive series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group," according to the Justice Department (DoJ). All the six men — Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko, Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov, Pavel Valeryevich Frolov, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko, and Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin — have been charged with seven counts of conspiracy to conduct computer fraud and abuse, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, damaging protected computers, and aggravated identity theft. "The object of the conspiracy was to deploy destructive malware and take other disruptive actions, for the strategic benefit ...

Radio stations in Lango sub-region under Lango Radio Owner’s Association are locking out National Unity Platform(@NUP_Ug) candidates from appearing on top radio programs.  The radio station owners are fearing that their licenses could be withdrawn or equipment confiscated by the Uganda Communications Commission and Police.  The radio owners claim they have received a series of warnings from UCC restricting their newsrooms from airing any NUP related activities. Photo Credit; NBS. Stay tuned!

Col. Frank Kaka Bagyenda who has been appointed Uganda's Ambassador to Angola. Sacked Internal Security Organisation Director General, Col. Frank Kaka Bagyenda  has been appointed Uganda’s Ambassador to Angola. According to sources at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Col. Bagyenda was posted Luanda as the pioneer diplomat after Kampala decided to open an embassy in the central Africa country previously occupied by Portugal. Col. Bagyenda was sacked two weeks and replaced by Lt.Col. Charles Oluka the former head of Technical at the spy agency. However, sources close to Col. Bagyenda said that, the  former spy master wasn’t interested in heading to Angola as a diplomat. It is reported that after sacking Col. Bagyenda, President Yoweri Museveni telephoned him and informed him about the appointment by Bagyenda instead informed the head of state that he preferred remaining in Uganda to revert back to fishing in Kalangala Islands. Col. Bagyenda isn’t the first former DG-ISO to be a...

A financially-motivated threat actor known for its malware distribution campaigns has evolved its tactics to focus on ransomware and extortion. According to FireEye's Mandiant threat intelligence team, the collective — known as FIN11 — has engaged in a pattern of cybercrime campaigns at least since 2016 that involves monetizing their access to organizations' networks, in addition to deploying point-of-sale (POS) malware targeting financial, retail, restaurant, and pharmaceutical sectors. "Recent FIN11 intrusions have most commonly led to data theft, extortion and the disruption of victim networks via the distribution of CLOP ransomware" Mandiant said. Although FIN11's activities in the past have been tied to malware such as FlawedAmmy, FRIENDSPEAK, and MIXLABEL, Mandiant notes significant overlap in TTPs with another threat group that cybersecurity researchers call TA505 , which is behind the infamous Dridex banking Trojan and Locky ransomware that's delivered...

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Investigating authorities have raided the offices of Munich-based company FinFisher that sells the infamous commercial surveillance spyware dubbed 'FinSpy,' reportedly in suspicion of illegally exporting the software to abroad without the required authorization. Investigators from the German Customs Investigation Bureau (ZKA), ordered by the Munich Public Prosecutor's Office, searched a total of 15 properties in Munich, including business premises of FinFisher GmbH, two other business partners, as well as the private apartments of the managing directors, along with a partner company in Romania from October 6 to 8. For those unaware, FinSpy is extremely powerful spying software that is being sold as a legal law enforcement tool to governments around the world but has also been found in use by oppressive and dubious regimes to spy on activists, political dissidents and journalists. FinSpy malware can target both desktop and mobile operating systems, including Android,...

MR ADOMATI DICKSON LETTER; MY HUMBLE APPEAL TO YOU MR EJIKU ROBERT. Hope this message finds you well. This is Adomati Dickson giving you advice. You have struggled so much to get the NRM flag but I think it hasn't been your time. From the declaration of results today, 15th October, 2020, you lost the election after a tribunal, CEC and voter's decision. Going to Parliament shouldn't be a must case. 1. Hon. Kassiano Wadri Ezati is a strong candidate and has a big following. 2. Mr. Atima Lee Jackson is a strong candidate and equally has a large following. 3. There are still FDC and People Power die hards in the central division. They may not support you. 4. This isn't a by-election and each person shall concentrate on their own activities. Some of the people who supported you during primary election of 2018 may support you this time. 5. You have already spent a lot of money. I would think you better put your money to other uses and reorganise your businesses and fa...

Of the 41 nominated NUP candidates today, 29 are from Buganda region and the other 12 from the rest of the country with only one from greater Ankole and Kigezi , and one from greater Acholi. 1-Zaake Francis Butebi - Mityana municipality 2-Kazibwe Bashir Mbaziira- Kawempe south 3-Muhammad Ssegirinya - Kawempe North 4-Joel Ssenyonyi - Nakawa West. 5-Medard Lubega Ssegona - Busiro East. 6-Kawalya Abubaker - Rubaga North 7-Flavia Kalule Nabagabe - Kasanda woman MP 8-Muwada Nkunyingi - Kyadondo East. 9-Mirembe Joel - Mawokota South. 10-Mukasa Aloysius - Rubaga South. 11-Bigirwa Moses - Kamuli Municipality. 12-Wakayima Musoke - Nansana Municipality. 13-Joyce Bagaala Ntwantwa - Mityana woman MP. 14-Nnatabi Maria Ledochowska - Butembe county.  15.Shamim Malende - Woman MP Kampala Central 16-Nyanzi Fred Ssentamu - Kampala Central 17-Kiyaga Hillary - Mawokota North 18-Andrew Muwanguzi - Bugabula south 19-Taliyiwula Sharon - Buzaaya constituency 20-Kakembo Fatumah -Woman MP Kasese dis...

We are pleased to inform the public that the territorial Police in Elgon Region, managed to locate the elderly woman who was caught on video being assaulted by one of our officers.  The victim was identified as MS Grace Asio a 65 year old female adult, resident of Doko Cell, Namatala ward Industrial City Division in Mbale City.  The officers regretted the incident and extended apologies from the IGP to the victim and her family members before handing over material and financial support.   We would like to add that the disturbing video was however released after the death of the officer AIP Okiror Samuel,and therefore, this hindered any further action against him.  Incidentally, the deceased was part of the team that had restored peace and calm following incidents of public disorder in the area. We take this opportunity to remind our officers of their duty to uphold the law and display high level of professionalism in the course of their duties.

Some of you get confused when you have your first child and don’t know what to do when it comes to getting your child’s birth certificate. But don’t worry. Here’s a run down of what you need to know. Kati, Uganda now has an authority that is specifically responsible with registration of personal details of citizens of the country known as the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA). Registration of birth provides a basis for citizenship especially citizenship by birth as guided by Article 10 and 12 of the 1995 Constitution of The Republic of Uganda. WHAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO HAVE A REGISTRATION OF A BIRTH? 1. A birth Notification Record. 2. A NIRA Birth declaration Form 3 complete and signed by one of the parents or guardian of the child. 3. The National Identification Number (NIN) of Notifier. 4. Photocopy of the National ID of the Notifier. For a birth that has occurred in a medical facility, a notification Record shall include a document duly signed and s...

Microsoft has warned about a new strain of mobile ransomware that takes advantage of incoming call notifications and Android's Home button to lock the device behind a ransom note. The findings concern a variant of a known Android ransomware family dubbed "MalLocker.B" which has now resurfaced with new techniques, including a novel means to deliver the ransom demand on infected devices as well as an obfuscation mechanism to evade security solutions. The development comes amid a huge surge in ransomware attacks  against critical infrastructure across sectors, with a 50% increase in the daily average of ransomware attacks in the last three months compared to the first half of the year, and cybercriminals increasingly incorporating double extortion  in their playbook. MaILocker has been known for being hosted on malicious websites and circulated on online forums using various social engineering lures by masquerading as popular apps, cracked games, or video players. Previ...

The UPDF has said it has not yet received any information from government relating to recent claims that Joseph Kony, the leader of rebel group, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has reached out to government proposing peace talks. Lt Col Deo Akiiki, the UPDF Deputy Spokesperson told reporters that “At the moment, we don’t have that information provided to us by government”. “There have been rumors on social media about the leader of the LRA requesting for peace talks. As UPDF, it is not yet our time to talk about LRA seeking for peace or not. We can neither confirm nor deny that the LRA could have taken such an action. It’s not yet within our domain,” Akiiki said. “And in any case, if anything of that matter comes up, we are sure government will inform you about the developments. It is our desire that there is always harmony in the community, if LRA decides to take that action”.

As the Nomination for Parliamentary Elections approach on 15-Oct-2020 and 16-Oct-2020, i present to all of you, this motovational speaker 🔊 , the leader in the gown of politocian; the leader to whom if the microphone and podium are left to him he will break the ribs of people with laughter, he speaks fearless, very serious man with professionalism but simple when it comes to talking jokes for fun, he is a leader who speaks the truth to power, his name is called Adiga Lawrence Alfred (Ozubia). He is Aspiring for Member of Parliament Maracha East Constituency 2021 to 2026. Vote Adiga Lawrence Alfred (Ozubia). #Vote #MP #Adiga_Lawrence #Maracha_East #hashtag #osutayusuf

Press Release  The party was taking place in a private house located in Kireka, Kira Municipality. Intelligence got information about the party and planted informants to monitor and inform the police when the party has started. Towards midnight, the police was notified that the sex games had started and we swung in action.  We got the participants red handed. They have been arrested and detained at Kira Division Police Station on charges of disobedience of lawful orders and doing acts that are likely to cause the spread of infectious disease, which is coronavirus. Their files are being prepared and they will appear in court tomorrow. SP Patrick Onyango  PRO KMP  11/10/2020

Hon. Wadri Kassiano in an exclusive interview with West Nile Today. Below is the full verbatim carried by Osman Draga. WNT: During the 2018 Arua municipality parliamentary by-election, big is big was your political bell, are you still maintaining the same words or you have rebranded it? Wadri: I can not become any smaller than I was in 2018, big is still big both in the head and in all aspects, so I am still the same big is big. WNT: How are you approaching these campaigns for the general election? Wadri: First of all it’s going to be very unique election, unique in the sense that there are a lot of restrictions put forward by the government through the ministry of health and the executive powers coming from His Excellency the president of these country where we shall not have open campaigns as it used to happen where a candidate would go and sell his manifesto to the electorates. We are now been advised to have virtual and scientific approach, using the media and person to per...