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WE ARE IN WAR WITH UNSEEN ENEMY. Greetings my people of Maracha District. As we are all aware of the havoc at hand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the only way we can defeat this enemy is by adhering to the #SOP measures put in place by our President HIS Excellence Yoweri Museveni with guidance from Ministry of Health. Let's keep social distancing, wear face masks, wash hands with Soap and Water. With faith, we can completely defeat this enemy #Covid-19. #Woman_MP Driwaru Jennifer #Maracha_ma_asibaza

Mariam Namukose a resident of Bukyaye village, Nakalama sub-county in Iganga district injected Arnold Mumbya with paraffin after accusing her husband Isaac Bogere of failing to buy necessities for their one-year-old daughter instead of giving them to the victim. According to Bogere, she took advantage of the absence of neighbours to inject Mumbya with paraffin using a syringe used on cattle and other livestock. “I had just gone to the neighbourhood to buy some things only to come back and find my son lying on the bed crying because of sharp pain in his backside,” he said. Bogere said Mumbya told him that he had been injected with paraffin by Namukose who ordered him not to narrate his ordeal to anyone or else she would kill him. Mumbya had earlier complained to his father about having mild fever and he was given some tablets by Namukose to swallow in the morning. Bogere said his wife was bitter after he returned home the previous day with a new shirt he bought for Mumbya. “She ...

By Oguzu Lee Breaking News-- Covid-19 has lifted the veil on security and parliament's rubber-stamping role. We're at war and all our guns are silent. Isn't it time to question our usual sloganeering and reimagine our nation's health and security spending?  In the name of security and classfied expenditure, a lot of money has been pumped in defence and some spent without much needed scrutiny. As such, security has become a sought-after-investment portfolio for many govermnents of least developing countries that often fail to deliver their citizens to middle income status despite heavy military spending.  A quick  look at Uganda's budgetary allocations from 2018-2021 clearly sheds light on the disparity between defence and health as our nation's investment priority.  According to Microtrends, Uganda's military spending for 2019 was a 58.13% increase from 2018,  for 2018 was a 17.77% increase from 2017, for 2017 was a 8.86% increase from 2016. In 2021/...

Self-proclaimed city tycoon Charles Olim aka Sipapa is currently being held at Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Kibuli. He was arrested last week for allegedly possessing an illegal firearm, theft and robbery. The renowned music promoter was reportedly picked up by security operatives from a hangout in Makindye. His ex-lover Serena Bata wants Sipapa to remain behind bars “because he is a criminal who always thought is above the law”. He has always been violent to her and his other lover Brown Shugar. Bobi Wine speaks; Two weeks ago, Charles Olim aka Sipapa was arrested and detained. Reports indicate that he is being held at SID Kireka, where very many of our comrades have been detained and continue to be detained and tortured. What is unique about Sipapa is that before his arrest, he was the face of the impunity of the Museveni regime. He was the example of everything that has gone wrong in Uganda. He moved around with guns terrorising innocent citizens with reckless aba...

Payment for Over The Top (OTT) tax or using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to evade the social media tax in Uganda ends today. Starting Thursday July 1, 2021 Ugandans will start accessing Internet services and all other social media sites without paying OTT. Government abolished the Shs200 per day OTT tax and imposed a 12 per cent tax on Internet data in the new financial year. It takes effect from tomorrow. The social media tax was first introduced in 2018 amid resistance from the public. Then Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine led streets protests in Kampala against the tax. Government then decided to drop the tax, saying Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) failed to hit the target, collecting only Shs49.5bn out of the targeted Shs284bn from OTT for Financial Year 2018/2019. OTT tax was abolished by 11th Parliament in the Excise Duty (Amendment) Act, 2021, and replaced with excise duty on Internet data.

The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, sent a message of congratulations to his Congolese counterpart on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the independence of the DRC, on June 30. He particularly welcomed the reforms undertaken by Félix Tshisekedi since his accession to power. "We welcome your commitment and the commitment of the new government to implement reforms that reflect the will and needs of the Congolese people," writes Joseph R. Biden, reaffirming his commitment to the Private Partnership for Peace and Peace. prosperity between the United States and the DRC. According to him, “the reintegration of the DRC into the benefits of the African Growth and Economic Opportunities Act is an important achievement, which supports your efforts for the creation of economic opportunities as we work together to increase business activities and investments ". Click  here to subscribe  for more News and Updates.

Judge wants former South African President Zuma jailed for contempt of court Jacob Zuma was forced to step down as South Africa's president in 2018 South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months by the highest court in the country. This came after the Constitutional Court found him guilty of contempt after defying the court’s order to appear at an inquiry into corruption while he was president. Mr Zuma’s time in power, which ended in 2018, was dogged by graft allegations. Businessmen were accused of conspiring with politicians to influence the decision-making process. The former president made one appearance at the inquiry into what has become known as “state capture” but then refused to appear subsequently. The inquiry – headed by Justice Raymond Zondo – asked the Constitutional Court to intervene. It is not clear if Mr Zuma will now be arrested. In a separate legal matter, Mr Zuma pleaded not guilty last month in his corruption trial involving ...

Microsoft on Friday said it's investigating an incident wherein a driver signed by the company turned out to be a malicious Windows rootkit that was observed communicating with command-and-control (C2) servers located in China. The driver, called "Netfilter" is said to target gaming environments, specifically in the East Asian country, with the Redmond-based firm noting that "the actor's goal is to use the driver to spoof their geo-location to cheat the system and play from anywhere." "The malware enables them to gain an advantage in games and possibly exploit other players by compromising their accounts through common tools like keyloggers," Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) said. The rogue code signing was spotted by Karsten Hahn, a malware analyst at German cybersecurity company G Data, who shared additional details of the rootkit, including a dropper, which is used to deploy and install Netfilter on the system. Upon successful installat...

Kivumbi and Matovu decided to join forces so that they could win tenders to supply beans to the boarding schools in the community. They agreed that they would share the profits 50-50. In addition, Matovu would supply the capital for the beans, and transport the beans to the schools while Kivumbi would provide the land for the farming. When they won the tender, issues arose. Matovu refused to share half the profits because it was his money that was used and even told Kivumbi that he was only entitled to his mercy since there was no contract.  IS IT ONLY A CONTRACT IF IT WAS WRITTEN? No, it is not. A contract can either be in writing or in verbal form. However, there are some contracts that the law requires to be in writing. For example, contracts of employment must be in writing, as well as contracts for buying things above UGX. 500,000. If this is not done, then the person at fault may be ‘punished’ with a fine by the law. However, if the law requires such a contract to be ...

God Blesses Me Whenever Enemies Claim I'm Dead - Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. A Kenyan blogger announced yesterday that Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the incoming Commander of Land Forces, was ill and admitted in Nairobi. Several other fake news vendors shared the post while others claimed he had died. On Monday morning, Muhoozi responded to the false news saying it is not the first time his enemies announced him as dead. Muhoozi who is also the Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations and outgoing Commander of the Special Forces (SFC), said he had learnt of the fake news from his friend Alan Kasujja, a BBC correspondent. He said God blesses him instead whenever he is announced as dead. “Some friends of mine like @kasujja told me that some enemies were declaring me dead, or very ill from Covid-19. I’m very well. This is the third time in my military career that enemies are claiming I’m dead. The funny thing is every time they do that, Almighty God blesses me more,” Muho...

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Residents of Mityana town have been left in shock after finding a casket with a body of a 70-year-old man said to have succumbed to Covid-19 abandoned on the road near Mityana General Hospital. Eriyazaali Kalule, a resident of Bufuuma village in Kalangaalo Sub County, Mityana District died yesterday (June 26) at Entebbe Grade B hospital where he spent a week on Covid-19 treatment. His body was transported to his home in an ambulance hired by one of his daughters who had been taking care of him in hospital. However, chaos ensued when the other family members and residents learnt that Kalule had succumbed to Covid-19. They carried his body and dumped it on the road near Mityana hospital. Mr Peter Bigirwa who works at a nearby washing bay said he and his colleagues discovered the body this morning (Sunday) as they were going to work. Source; Daily Monitor. #osutayusuf

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A Ukrainian national and a mid-​level supervisor of the hacking group known as FIN7 has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role as a "pen tester" and perpetuating a criminal scheme that enabled the gang to compromise millions of customers debit and credit cards. Andrii Kolpakov, 33, was arrested in Spain on June 28, 2018, and subsequently extradited to the U.S. the following year on June 1, 2019. In June 2020, Kolpakov pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking. The Western District of Washington also ordered Kolpakov to pay $2.5 million in restitution. The defendant, who was involved with the group from April 2016 until his arrest, managed other hackers who were tasked with breaching the point-of-sale systems of companies, both in the U.S. and elsewhere, to deploy malware capable of stealing financial information. FIN7, also called Anunak, Carbanak group , and the Navigator Group, is said...

I have been paying rent to my wife as my ‘landlady’ My name is Isaac, I have been married to my wife for the past 5 years and what I didn’t know is that the house we have been renting belongs to her. Before moving into this house, we were renting an apartment in Najjera and she brought the idea of leaving Najjera ‘because she was uncomfortable with being in Najjera’. I okayed her idea and told her that I would look for a house as soon possible. When I returned home one day from a workshop, she asked wether I had gotten the house, I told her no but am going to pay some brokers to help us. She said she had got a house in Ntinda and it’s in a serene environment and every about the house is just fine.  I said ‘okay, if you like it, I can not say no because I love you’. So, we moved in and she openly told me that the owner is in USA and her friend is a caretaker, so she will be the one to receive the money.  Everything was okay for all those years until May 2021 when everyt...

NTV has suspended the director and producer of #NTVMixShow after a member of the audience masturbated during a Friday live broadcast. NTV Mix Party’s new face and voice, Etania Mutoni, 22, was in the mix. The bubbly show presenter turns up the party on screens every Friday night with a sexy look, sensual appeal and stylish dance moves. A young man watching the show, drew his trouser and boxers down and started going like there was no tomorrow. Those in studio seem to have noticed a little too late and instead burst out laughing. The Serena based station has reported the matter to Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and urged the regulator to find and prosecute whoever did it. The station further cautioned all studio technical staff, programme producers and presenters to exercise better judgement next time. “We sincerely apologise to our esteemed viewers and other stakeholders or this unfortunate event,” NTV wrote. During the lockdown, NTV and NBS TV had a battle of sorts rag...

   File Photo 4-Feb-2016. The Police has remained tight-lipped over the questionable retirement of Senior Commissioner of Police Samuel Ezati Dramani, a top forensic expert in the country. Some senior officers that  New Vision  asked to explain the circumstances surrounding Ezati’s retirement have described the matter as “sensitive”, opting not to comment at the moment. However, Ezati’s family members and close confidants told  New Vision  Wednesday (June 23) that the retired officer, who had been a forensic examiner since 1996, was ready to serve, and was currently waiting for President Yoweri Museveni’s call so as to return for duty. New techniques  On Monday, during the swearing in of ministers, Museveni, who was giving an update on the investigations surrounding the attempted assassination of works and transport minister Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, said new techniques were being explored to identify people who shot at Wamala, injuring him and killi...

Four separate security bugs would give attackers almost complete control and persistence over targeted devices, thanks to a faulty update mechanisms. A high-severity series of four vulnerabilities can allow remote adversaries to gain arbitrary code execution in the pre-boot environment on Dell devices, researchers said. They affect an estimated 30 million individual Dell endpoints worldwide. According to an analysis from Eclypsium, the bugs affect 129 models of laptops, tablet and desktops, including enterprise and consumer devices, that are protected by Secure Boot. Secure Boot is a security standard aimed at making sure that a device boots using only software that is trusted by the device original equipment manufacturer (OEM), to prevent rogue takeovers. The bugs allow privileged network adversaries to circumvent Secure Boot protections, control the device’s boot process, and subvert the operating system and higher-layer security controls, researchers at Eclypsium said on Thursday. T...

                           File Photo. Twelve inmates escaped from Gbuktu prison in Koboko District on Wednesday on grounds that they were being fed with poor quality food. The inmates, who overpowered a prison warder, escaped through the bushes to the borders of DR Congo. Four were arrested at the border but eight successfully crossed to DR Congo using the porous routes. Witnesses, who did not want to be named, said the inmates overpowered the prison warder as he supervised them during a general cleaning exercise at Prison Boma ground and jumped over the prison wall. “I saw these prisoners doing general cleaning and l heard a loud voice ordering for their arrest. The officer shouted kamata awaa (arrest them),this was followed by sounds of gunshots attracting the attention of locals,” the witness said. “We ran and recaptured some of them at the border as they tried to cross to DR Congo,” the witness said The ...

MEANS: Any act or omission, by which severe pain or suffering whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person to make them do or say something or to stop them from doing the same. The constitution of Uganda protects all citizens from inhuman and degrading treatment by any person including those in authority.  It is not an excuse to say that you tortured someone because  of political unrest, public emergency or “Orders from Above”.  Photo Credit: Human Rights Watch. #BarefootLaw #osutayusuf

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Police yesterday interrogated Mr Tabu Butagira, the managing editor Nation Media Group-Uganda (NMG-U), for about four hours after discharging the NMG-U Managing Director, Mr Tony Glencross, mid-way the session. A seven-member team of senior detectives led by Mr Julius Twinomujuni, the deputy director for Political and Economic Crimes, questioned Mr Butagira in relation to a May 31, 2021, Daily Monitor story titled, ‘New evidence on Nov city killings emerges.’ Other detectives included Mr Simon Kutesa, the commissioner for Legal; Mr Moses Taremwa, the commissioner for Political and Economic Crimes; Mr Bills Ndyamuhaki, the acting commissioner for Cyber Crime Investigations; Mr Ivan Nsekanabo, an investigator at CID headquarters; and Mr Cyrus Tugume and Mr Wilberforce Rumanyika, both of the Crime Intelligence Directorate. The impugned story reported findings by a BBC Africa Eye investigation that some of the security operatives who allegedly shot at, and killed, unarmed civilians...

Read the statement below here from his Official Social Media Account. I'm very happy that we've got democracy, when the right time comes, the NRM will make a peaceful transition of power basing on the choice of Ugandans through the ballots 🙏 my brother ELLY knows this too but after losing a parliamentary seat and Ministerial position, like the Kadaga style 😄 but everything will be okay

The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Jacob Oulanyah, flew to the United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday amid continued speculation about his health fuelled by his disappearance from the public. Sources close to the Speaker’s office dismissed claims that he was battling Covid-19 and talked of minor stomach complications, which they said coincided with his pre-arranged family visit to the UK.  They, however, refused to delve into the details.   On Tuesday, Parliament dismissed a report that Mr Oulanyah was seriously ill and that plans were underway to fly him out of the country for treatment. Mr Chris Obore, the Parliament’s communications director, on Tuesday explained that Mr Oulanyah took time off to be with his family after a hectic schedule on the campaign trail. However, a source at Entebbe airport claimed to have seen a person who resembled Mr Oulanyah lying in an ambulance on Tuesday evening awaiting clearance to leave the country. ADVERTISEMENT The source told this newspaper t...

One thousand two hundred and fifty people have already received their first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 in the territory of Aru, in the province of Ituri. This figure is the balance sheet of five days of "vaccination campaign", started on Saturday, June 19, which takes place in 14 health zones. According to local sources, dozens of people are heading in waves, to the installed sites, to in turn receive the vaccine against the Coronavirus pandemic.  Among those vaccinated, Radio Okapi met, Polydore Remo, 58 years of age. He said he had felt "no negative effects" related to the vaccine. David Tchukia, the chief of the Kakwa chiefdom, who has also been vaccinated, encourages the population to follow his example. For him, this is the only way out to face this disease which has already claimed lives in his entity and in neighboring Uganda. The chief medical officer of the Expanded Vaccination Program of the Aru territory, Dr Faustin Arionzi, affirms that...

The new changes and appointments in the mighty Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF);  1. Lt Gen Wilson Mbadi promoted to full General and appointed as Commander of Defense Force (CDF), replacing Gen David Muhoozi who is now MP representing UPDF and also been appointed Minister for Security. 2. Lt Gen Peter Elwelu appointed as the Deputy Commander of Defense Forces (DCDF). 3. Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba is appointed Commander of Land Forces. 4. Maj Gen Sam Okiding is appointed Deputy Commander of Land Forces (DCLF). 5. Maj Gen Leopard Kyanda is appointed Joint Chief of Staff (JCS). 6. Brig Gen Bod Ogio is appointed Chief of Staff Land Forces. 7. Brig Daniel Kakono is appointed Commander Field Artillery Division. 8. Brig Gen Peter Chandia is appointed Ag Commander Special Force Command. 9. Brig Gen Felix Buzisoori is appointed 21/C Commandant SFC. 10. Lt Gen Charles Angina posted to Foreign Affairs. 11. Maj Gen Sam Kavuma posted to Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) as 21/C. 12. L...

There is a raging debate and agitation by a section of people from Ayivu to reduce the size of the city and create Ayivu district, which according to them is too big. They also argue that the Ayivu are being disadvantaged by denial of employment opportunities in neighbouring districts and that the budget for the city and Ayivu division is low. Today, there are Ayivu politicians namely, Nyakua Sam, the Mayor of the city, Avutia Malon, the mayor for Ayivu, Feta Geoffrey, MP Ayivu East, Lematia John, MP Ayivu West and Yikita Faustine,Secretary of Ayivu Initiative, the pressure group advocating for the split of the city are on the Agbatara show discussing this topic The list comprises politicians of Ayivu, excluding other stakeholders of the city. From the outset, this presents serious limitations to this debate. This is the reason which has led to the present disagreement. At the time of bringing the whole of Ayivu into the city, the same mindset was applied: that this was an Ayiv...