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 Facebook   on Thursday announced that it has changed its company name to Meta. The name change was announced at the Facebook Connect augmented and virtual reality conference. The new name reflects the company’s growing ambitions beyond social media. Facebook, now known as Meta, has adopted the new moniker, based on the sci-fi term metaverse, to describe its vision for working and playing in a virtual world. “Today we are seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people, and the metaverse is the next frontier just like social networking was when we got started,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.  The company also said in announcing the new name that it will change its stock ticker from FB to MVRS, effective Dec. 1. Meta’s stock price was up more than 3% on Thursday.  Facebook employees gather in front of a sign displaying a new logo and the name ‘Meta’ in front of Facebook headquarters on O...

Over 70% of Wi-Fi networks from a sample size of 5,000 were hacked with "relative ease" in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, highlighting how unsecure Wi-Fi passwords can become a gateway for serious threats to individuals, small businesses, and enterprises alike. CyberArk security researcher Ido Hoorvitch, who used a Wi-Fi sniffing equipment costing about $50 to collect 5,000 network hashes for the study, said "the process of sniffing Wi-Fis and the subsequent cracking procedures was a very accessible undertaking in terms of equipment, costs and execution." The new Wi-Fi attack builds on previous findings by Jens "atom" Steube in 2018 that involves capturing what's called the PMKIDs associated with a client (aka SSID) in order to attempt a brute-force attack using password recovery tools like hashcat. PMKID is a unique key identifier used by the access point (AP) to keep track of the pre-shared key — i.e., pairwise master key aka PMK — being used for the ...

 Let me take this opportunity to introduce to you AKODRIBO AFRICA a National NGO in Uganda. We're 90% to be archived in the systems of UNNH. Since Climate change has threatened our ability to ensure global food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development. With Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activity and livestock being a significant drive of climate change, trapping heat in the earth's atmosphere and triggering global warming we at AKODRIBO AFRICA are here to mitigate this cause. Our head office shall be in one of the districts of Northern Uganda. I have been inspired by my former boss, great friends like Jaffer A'ita Joel, Anne Hope Anguyo, Sylvia GraceSuccess Akankwasa, OKAY FOUNDATION and Maya Nemaya Reloaded to come up with this initiative and for my colleagues in South Sudan the one year I have been with you, we hope to meet one day, let me go home and take this challenge and I hope Allah trails me through. Our website is at its initial ...

The High Court in Mubende has nullified William Museveni Ndooli's election as the Buwekula South Constituency Member of Parliament and ordered for a by-election. This follows a petition filed by his rival the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer, Mr Fred Tumwesigye. According to Justice Eva Luswata's ruling read by court registrar Godfrey Kaweesi on Tuesday, there was credible evidence of multiple voting during the January 14 election. "The court finds not enough evidence pining the second (respondent) Mr William Museveni Ndooli for his involvement in bribing voters on January 14 2021, conniving with security personnel to threaten voters and therefore, Mr Ndooli pleaded not guilty of the election malpractice charge he was accused of. However, judge also said there was enough evidence that proves that the first respondent (the Electoral Commission) failed to play its role in ensuring a free and fair election, as guided in the Constitution. "…and court makes t...

On 27-3-2021, the Ambulance of Arua Regional Referral Hospital was stolen. What did some of the cowardice leaders in Arua do?. Nothing and nothing at all. Instead, they plotted a travel to search for the Ambulance in DRC Congo and posted the photos on Social Media for accountability purposes. What did they bring from their hunt for the Ambulance and the alleged Thieves who stole the Ambulance from the City they lead! They came back for us with olugambo stories. How can you convince a Lehman to believe that, You didn't participate in the scheme of stealing the Ambulance! This is typical of a coward, at night he is nowhere to be seen when thieves invade his home but he would bark at day time like a frightened dog when a mere goat passes by. Why did you people not show us your powers when the Ambulance of ARRF was stolen?. They are now contentious with the issue of Hon Denis Lee Oguzu winning a bid to develop Barifa Forest. They are busy fighting and questioning the legal process. Tha...

A global fraud campaign has been found leveraging 151 malicious Android apps with 10.5 million downloads to rope users into premium subscription services without their consent and knowledge. The premium SMS scam campaign — dubbed "UltimaSMS" — is believed to commenced in May 2021 and involved apps that cover a wide range of categories, including keyboards, QR code scanners, video and photo editors, spam call blockers, camera filters, and games, with most of the fraudulent apps downloaded by users in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, the U.A.E., Turkey, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, the U.S., and Poland. Although a significant chunk of the apps in question has since been removed from the Google Play Store, 82 apps continued to remain available in the online marketplace as of October 19, 2021. Premium SMS Scam Apps It all starts with the apps prompting users to enter their phone numbers and email addresses to gain access to the advertised features, only to subscribe the victims to premium ...

Following bomb blasts in crowded places and other security threats in the country, the Cargo / Bus Company, California Bus Services has come out to ensure there is compulsory scrutiny of its passengers. In a communication we had with the management of California Bus, they have since yesterday made it as a "Must" to check all the passengers, including their Laggage. However, the Bus management stressed that, they are having challenges with some passengers who are Police and Army officers in uniform who refuse to be checked before they board the Bus. For the safety / security of all the passengers, the  management has now appealed to each and every passenger, to willingly allow themselves to be thoroughly checked regardless of their status before departure. On another note, the Bus Company is pleading for the intervention of Police to take up investigations on the recent theft scheme that befell one of the Cargo Trucks of the Company at around Enzeva - Kuluva - Arua road, that ...

Following bomb blasts in crowded places and other security threats in the country, the Cargo / Bus Company, California Bus Services has come out to ensure there is compulsory scrutiny of its passengers. In a communication we had with the management of California Bus, they have since yesterday made it as a "Must" to check all the passengers, including their Laggage. However, the Bus management stressed that, they are having challenges with some passengers who are Police and Army officers in uniform who refuse to be checked before they board the Bus. For the safety / security of all the passengers, the  management has now appealed to each and every passenger, to willingly allow themselves to be thoroughly checked regardless of their status before departure. On another note, the Bus Company is pleading for the intervention of Police to take up investigations on the recent theft scheme that befell one of the Cargo Trucks of the Company at around Enzeva - Kuluva - Arua road, that ...

 Today, I had a rare encounter with the former Arua Municipality mayor and legislator Hon Saidi Nasur Okuti and we deliberated on the delayed degazettement of Barifa Central Forest Reserve, the fight between Hon Oguzu Lee Denis of Maracha Constituency and certain leaders in Arua City and the clashes last Monday the legislator had with a group of youths protesting the parceling of a portion to Oguzu in order to develop an ecotourism facility. We then asked ourselves why the same youths and their leaders weren't fighting Mvara Junior School, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutor, the Salim Saleh land acquired land and Springs Nursery and Primary School that have all encroached ILLEGALLY on the forest. We came to conclude that the selective targeting of Oguzu for reasons best known to the perpetrators sets a very bad precedence for a young, multicultural and multiracial Arua City that has the chances of over taking any urban areas in the country considering it's strateg...

I laughed! What criteria did the Mayor use to discover Barifa Forest is being grabbed by Hon Oguzu! When our minds are limited to knowledge, that is how it backfires. Poor me thought, as a Mayor, he should have been an Examplary leader by finding out if Hon Oguzu Lee Denis used a backdoor channel like forging of Documents to get some hecters of land in Barifa Forest for Ecotourism project. Perhaps, he used the legal procedures to acquire License for Barifa Forest. Even before Hon Oguzu won a bid to attain license from NFA over the Forest, there were and there are still many people with licenses for grazing animals and cultivating in Barifa Forest. Why is the issue of Hon Oguzu been handled with caution, tension, attention and chaos ?. Is Hon Oguzu taking Barifa Forest permanent for himself?.

CAIRO, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Islamic state claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed at least one person in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Saturday night, the militant group said in a statement posted in an affiliated Telegram channel late on Sunday. The group said that some of its members detonated an explosive device in a bar where “members and spies of the Crusader Ugandan government were gathering” in Kampala. The bomb, packed with nails and shrapnel, targeted a pork restaurant on the outskirts of the capital, police said on Sunday. Information gathered indicated that three men, disguised as customers, visited the restaurant, placed a polythene bag under a table and left moments before the explosion, police said. The explosion killed a 20-year-old waitress and injured three people, two of whom were in critical condition, police said, adding all indications suggest an act of domestic terror. President Yoweri Museveni said the attack “seems to be a terrorist act”. In 2010, the S...

Photos: Kamamboga Bomb Survivors Get Treatment at Mulago  One of the survivors being wheeled to ward at Mulago Hospital The survivors of last night’s bomb attack at Digida pork joint, Kamamboga in Kawempe Division are admitted at Mulago National Referral Hospital. Despite restrictions from security at Mulago Hospital Casualty Ward, ChimpReports managed to obtain pictures of the survivors as they were taken for treatment at Mulago Hospital on Sunday. One of the victims is a teenage boy identified as Minaj Isabirye. Peter Ssengonzi sustained injuries in the limbs Others include; Annette Kiconco and Peter Ssengonzi, 28, who sustained serious injuries. Kiconco was first rushed to ABC clinic Kitara in Kanyanya, and later referred to Mulago. Kiconco is said to be in critical condition. Her brother, Ibrahim Orimwesiga told ChimpReports that her lower part of the body (from the waist to legs), and her left arm were severely damaged by the bomb. “Bomb fragments have been removed from her bu...

A top City Lawyer, name withheld, has added a voice on the continuous fighting of Hon Oguzu by a section of some Politicians in the City. What I have failed to understand in all this debate is as follows; Where were we all when NFA which is the body in charge of Barifa Central Forest placed the request for expression of interest from willing eco- tourism developers to develop Barifa Forest. Why did we not get a Court injunction against NFA at that time. Why are we now wasting our time crucifying Hon. Oguzu Lee  for expressing interest and for being successful. I think this has nothing to do with Degazzeting of Barifa CFR.  Hon. Lee you haven’t done anything wrong. Just go ahead and establish an environmentally friendly eco tourism Centre complete with grass thatched lodges and we shall become tourist attraction hub.

 When Akon and his wife visited Uganda back in May, they paid a courtesy call on President Museveni. In the meeting, Akon asked Museveni to avail him land to build a futuristic city in his name like he’s doing in his home country, Senegal. During the meeting, Akon’s wife, Rosian promised President Museveni to bring investors in Uganda to help boost the country’s economy. On Thursday, Ms Rozian, fulfilled her promise when she lead a group of investors to meet Mr Museveni. The investors have interests in roads and other sectors.

 The past few days have been busy with defamatory statements attributed to my name on Facebook and other social media platforms in regards to the current saga involving NFA, Hon Oguzu Lee Denis, Arua City Council and some youths who are against the Eco-Tourism project. I wish to state here that at no time have I organized any meetings to mobilize any group of youths to demonstrate against or antagonize Hon Oguzu's project based on tribal or sectarian basis as alleged. If the authors of these malicious stories have no evidence to these allegations then they should prepare for the legal consequences. In my 15 years of active political and public life I have performed my duties and responsibilities with utmost respect, fairness, justice and professionalism and therefore will not take accusations of tribalism and sectarianism very lightly.

There are some false reports that, there is expiry of the Term of License obtained by Hon Oguzu for the development of Barifa Forest for Ecotourism. Those are half-baked Information prepetrated by propagandists. You should be reminded that, the Two years period were for the approval and environmental assessment. Hon Denis Lee Oguzu has a valid license. The doubting Thomases should go to NFA office for further clarity.

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  The UPDF Commander Land Force Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has visited the 3rd Infantry Division in Moroto. Lt Gen Kainerugaba was on a working tour to ascertain the status of troops in tackling the On-going revived efforts towards disarming Karamojong warriors. In a meeting at the Division Headquarters in Moroto with the division leadership and other stakeholders, Lt Gen Kainerugaba observed that government has so far made deliberate efforts towards building and sustaining peace, security and stability in Karamoja Sub-region. Muhoozi visiting 3rd division in Moroto He cautioned civilians with illegal guns to stop livestock theft and urged them to join government and UPDF efforts towards pacifying the region for transformation to take root. The 3rd Infantry Division Commander Brig Gen Joseph Balikudembe speaking in the same meeting called upon all stakeholders involved in the disarmament exercise to join hands with security agencies in ushering total peace in Karamoja. The meeting ...

Photos: Madi Okollo CPS in West Nile intercept Bus registration number UBD 490H belonging KK travellers bus company carrying sacks of marijuana to Kampala. Two passengers and conductor were arrested. #ChimpReportsNews 📸 Nzito Arafat Chimp Reports.

 Court has nullified the election of Joyce Bagala Ntwantwa as the Women's Representative for Mityana District following a petition by Judith Nabakooba, the Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, who came second in the election.

All over the world any development that comes to bear displaces people. But it happens in a conflict free manner and seamlessly. Communities are self integrating and I will try draw a parallel here. When I first acquired a small piece of land in Kajjansi, Mr Kaggwa the original owner was the only one on it but as time went the family decided to sell most of the land and now there is a mini town board of sorts in Bulonde my village.  What happened to the Kaggwas? The old man died and three of his children took integration one step further. One sold a piece of the remaining property and established a commercial property within and now he is a propertied man given the huge appreciation in the value of the land in the area. One earlier decided to acquire a big chunk of land in Mukono and another in Outskirts of Mpigi. Remember they were providing seamlessly for the pressures of development in Wakiso District. Today the Mukono guy is a big landlord in an area where a similar development...

Accessing Facebook through Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) is now the only way one can access the platform in Uganda since early 2021. Government blocked the social media giant in the country at the peak of the recently held general election in reaction to Facebook’s decision to take down a number of Ugandan government officials accounts. Facebook said in its transparency report that they had removed Ugandan pro – Museveni accounts for using duplicate accounts ahead of the presidential elections. According to the same report, the total number of the deleted accounts was 426. 210 pages, 62 groups and 153 Instagram accounts were also deleted in the same purge. The removed accounts were accused of taking part in a Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour (CIB), which Facebook viewed as coordinated efforts to manipulate public debate for a strategic goal. Facebook adds that fake accounts were central to the operation. But what did the removed accounts really do under this CIB? In an interview wit...

 Good morning dear friends? I am sure most of you are aware about the current discussions about Ayivu, Barifa Central Forest Reserve and Tribalism accusations in which my name has been dragged maliciously to damage my reputation and personality. No body knows what I have endured since 2014 when we started the journey of Arua City until today. I have thought of many options to defend myself from some of the attacks but have come to conclude I will not win the battle as a person and therefore need to surrender all to God Almighty. From today onwards please count me out of the politics of Ayivu and Arua City. Whatever I did in the past wrong or right I stand responsible but anything from today onwards please have me excused! God bless you all.

  The spokesperson of the Uganda Prisons Service, Frank Baine has denied claims that MPs Mohammed Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana were tortured in detention. Last week, when the Kawempe North MP Ssegirinya appeared before Buganda Road Court Grade, he showed court what appeared to be rotting feet, with wounds which he said were a result of continuous torture while in prison. Appearing on the NBS TV’s Morning Breeze on Wednesday however, Baine denied the claims, saying the legislator was already sick at the time he was handed over to them. “It has never been in our interest that we torture our family members. Yes, Hon. Ssegirinya is sick, and we are treating him for as long as he is with us, many times, we receive these inmates from court when they are already sick,” Baine said. Baine maintained that as Prisons, they do not torture people. “When someone has been tortured, we encourage them to tell us when they were tortured and by who. That’s how we can follow up,” Baine said. Nation...

 I walked into a hotel and after going through the menu, I ordered some food. After about 20 mins a group of guys and ladies walked in & ordered theirs. To my dismay, these folks got served first. I watched as they began to eat& laugh heartily. I even overheard one of them bragging about how connected he is to everyone in the hotel and I felt mocked . I decided to leave. Unable to take it anymore , I called the waiter. He calmly told me: "yours is a special order, being prepared by the chief chef himself. Their orders were prepared hurriedly by students on attachment because the top chefs are busy with yours Sir. That's why they were served first. Please have some juice as you wait". I calmed down & waited patiently. Shortly after, my meal was served by 6 waiters. Unknown to me, the owner of the hotel (who happened to be an old long lost friend of mine) saw me when I entered and decided to surprise me. She changed my simple meal to a five-star meal. The party ...

Yesterday 18-10-2021, those against Hon Denis Lee Oguzu's Ecotourism plan for Barifa Forest, mobilised over 30 innocent Youths from Ayivu to go and storm Arua City Council office. They were offered some littlle monies and alcohol! It beats Human understanding on why on Earth would our fellow Youths allow themselves to be used by some section of Five self-centered politicians!. Out of envy, these people have taken the Ecotourism project in a different angle! Fortunately, their efforts to protest and cause chaos at Arua City Council was futile. Ayivu and Maracha are all Lugbara. These are the same people who speak the same Language. Why would Barifa Forest we got here and we shall eventually leave here on Earth cause us to hate and fight each other, moreover a hateful fight ignited by Tribal Political figures. Regardless of Gender, Religious or Political ideologies, we should condemn Tribalism upto its totality.

 Third-party messaging client Telegram has now joined an exclusive and limited club after surpassing the 1 billion download figure over on the Google Play Store. Likely spurred by the recent outage to Facebook-owned services such as WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, cross-platform messaging app Telegram has now surged over the 1 billion download mark on the Play Store (via Android Police). That discounts the many reasons that Telegram is a worthy download for those wanting more control over their one-to-one and group conversations. The app includes a number of features that many rival services lack, including the ability to use it on multiple devices simultaneously. That’s a big deal given that WhatsApp’s implementation is far more restrictive and only allows one smartphone to be logged in to an account at a time. It’s easy to see just why Telegram downloads have grown in recent years as regular improvements and features help it exceed over many other rivals. According to Telegra...

ARUA. A section of elders in Ayivu Division, Arua City were on Sunday urged to support Maracha County MP, Denis Lee Oguzu in his quest to transform Barifa forest into an Eco-tourism facility in the heart of Arua City. The appeal was made by Mike Agondoa, the ‘Chief’ of the people of Ayivu while meeting a group of elders at his home in Mvara, a suburb of Arua town. Agondoa’s appeal follows numerous protests by a section of politicians in Ayivu who are against the intended development in the central forest reserve (CFR). This is after the National Forest Authority (NFA) gave the MP a 2-year license for Eco-tourism development and forest conservation activities in part of the 236 Hectares Barifa CFR. As a result, some youths were recently mobilized to stop the ongoing works at the forest reserve claiming that it was fraudulently given to the MP. But during the meeting with the elders, Agondoa warned against frustrating Oguzu’s effort, arguing that the MP genuinely acquired the license to ...

 The Electoral Commission Uganda has officially handled over 132 vehicles to different district and regional offices to facilitate effective and efficient service delivery.  The Commission also handed over 21 Motorcycles for the same purpose.  The motorcycles and Vehicles are given to the newly created districts, the districts with old vehicles,those in areas with very bad terrain as well as Karamoja Region. The Secretary to the Commission Mr.Leonard Mulekwah says the fleet is expected to be effectively usable for the next two General Elections.

 Plot 10/20 Spring Road, Bugolobi, PO Box 70863 Kampala, Uganda www.nfa.org.ug 7th July 2017 Tel: 0312-264 035/6 0414 360400 Fax: 0414 230369 info@nfa.org.ug   PROPOSED CENTRAL FOREST RESERVES FOR ECOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT 1. Achwa River Range Gulu CFR (Forest Park)- Gulu Agora Agwu CFR ( Ecosite)- Kitgum 2. Budongo Systems Range Bugoma CFR ( Karwata and Kaseeta Ecosites) Budongo CFR ( Busingiro Biking Trail)- Masindi Kagombe CFR -Muzizi River Crossing ( Stop over )- Kagadi Kaduku CFR ( Ecosite)- Masindi 3 Kyoga Range Bukaleba CFR ( Peninsular)- Mayuge Kimaka CFR ( Forest Park) – Jinja West Bugwe CFR ( NFA Camp and Picnic site/Stop over)- Busia – Mbale CFR ( Forest Park ) - Mbale Kapchorwa CFR (Gamatui eco-site)- Kapchorwa Soroti CFR (Forest Park)- Soroti 4. Lake shore Range Mabira CFR ( Najjembe Ecosite ;, Mabira Stop over and Mabira Picnic Site.- Buikwe Mpanga Ecosite- Mpigi Gangu CFR ( Picnic site/Stop over)- Mpigi Kitubulu CFR ( Forest Park)- Wakiso- Entebbe Kyewaga CFR (Fore...

The Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) has apprehended Howard Jakernga Openjuru, the leader of Uganda Homeland  Liberation Force (UHLF) – a rebel movement which attacked a UPDF detach in Zombo, West Nile in July 2021. The daring attack in Zombo – about 485 kms from the Capital City Kampala, left two soldiers dead and others wounded. In another attack in 2020, the same rebel movement killed five soldiers before fleeing back to the jungles in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ChimpReports has now established that CMI agents tracked Openjuru right from Paidha in West Nile up to Njeru near Jinja Town where the suspected rebel leader was intercepted this Saturday afternoon. “Openjuru resisted arrest in his safe house but CMI operatives overpowered him and others,” said a highly placed source who preferred anonymity to speak freely. Howard Jakernga Openjuru, the leader of Uganda Homeland  Liberation Force (UHLF) after being arrested this Saturday afternoon (Courtesy phot...

Image may be subject to copyright. Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday said it's tracking more than 270 government-backed threat actors from more than 50 countries, adding it has approximately sent 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attempts to customers since the start of 2021. The warnings mark a 33% increase from 2020, the internet giant said, with the spike largely stemming from "blocking an unusually large campaign from a Russian actor known as APT28 or Fancy Bear." Additionally, Google said it disrupted a number of campaigns mounted by an Iranian state-sponsored attacker group tracked as APT35 (aka Charming Kitten, Phosphorous, or Newscaster), including a sophisticated social engineering attack dubbed "Operation SpoofedScholars" aimed at think tanks, journalists, and professors with an aim to solicit sensitive information by masquerading as scholars with the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studie...