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 Greetings my people of Maracha District and Uganda in General. https://twitter.com/driwarujennifer/status/1477008216827568128 The year 2021 has been a year with full of unthinkable challenges each and everyone faced in their Lives ranging from family, social lives and at work places. #GLORIFY #HIS #NAME For those this year has been a “Blessing Year” be grateful, appreciate what the almighty enabled you to achieve this year and continue to praise his name. #EMPATHY On the other side, this year 2021 might have been “Worst Year” for so many people who didn’t make it to cross successfully alive into the year 2022. May their souls rest in peace. As for those crossing into the new year while sick, i wish you quickest recovery. #HOPES Our inspirations and dreams should be alive and we continue praying over our hopes as we wait for what 2022 may have for us. It’s only prayers and hard work that propels success. #APOLOGY AND #FORGIVENESS I treasure this moment to apologize to whoever i mig...

Onduparaka FC  has been deductied two (2) points and two (2) goals from those already accumulated by the club; a suspended one (1) point and one (1) goal deduction and; a suspended closed stadium sanction for home games. The FUFA CDP also Suspends Rashid Okocha from all football activities effective 31st December 2021 until 31st May 2022, plus a cash fine of UGX 1,000,000(Uganda Shillings one million) to be paid to FUFA by the player. Referee Ronald Madanda has also been suspended from all football activities until 20th June 2022. The Referees Disciplinary Panel found that the Centre Referee Madanda Ronald failed to justify the poor officiating. Madanda's case has been forwarded to the Investigation Chamber of the Ethics Committee to further investigate whether the incorrect decisions of Madanda Ronald were intended to influence the results of the  match. Source; Weatnile TV.

  We asked you about Badman yesterday. Thank you for your thoughts and opinions. Let us add our two cents (in simple terms we mean our thoughts). Badman has been accumulating tattoos all over his body since he left secondary school. Last month he completed the biggest tattoo of them all and has now got one that runs from his neck to his feet and goes all over his arms. He got a new job last week and he was given a t-shirt to wear for a work activity and that is when his boss so this multi coloured tattoo running over his arms. He has been suspended and given an ultimatum. Either remove the tattoo or lose the new high paying job. What should Badman do? WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? The employment law says that an employer is free to choose who he/she hires to work for them. However this choice should not be discriminatory and based on things such as color, race, tribe, gender or even what someone’s skin may have. For example if the boss wants a ‘muganda’, or munyankole etc or even a woman ...

By Eyotaru Julliet. # Foreword Government operates through MDAs i.e Ministries, Departments and Agencies. Under the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act 2003, NFA is mandated to manage central forest reserves. Arua central forest reserve also known as Barifa is one of the forest reserves under the management of NFA on behalf of the government of Uganda. It is important to emphasise that central forest reserves are held by government on behalf of ALL citizens generally and therefore the issue of forest reserves notwithstanding their locations is of national concern to all citizens of Uganda given their relative importance. No ethnic grouping/tribe can purport to own a central forest reserve. Brief Facts. Arua central forest reserve was gazetted in 1932 and initially it was managed by forest department of Arua district. Later, it was lawfully placed under NFA. In 2017, under PPP, government decided to call for applications from the general public to carry out different activities in v...

  Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel, and his two eldest sons are among dozens of Ugandans who have been hit by the US sanctions. The US, through its Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accused Kony, his sons Salim Saleh Kony and Ali Kony of committing acts of violence, abductions, and forced displacements of civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR). Kony and his brutal rebel force are also being accused of involvement in the global illicit ivory trade. According to the US, the proceeds from the illicit ivory trade are being used to finance the conflict. The US also accuses Kony and his two young sons of recruiting children into the LRA ranks and targeting peacekeepers in the region. The US has also designated LRA as a terrorist group. In November, the US embassy in South Sudan in a statement said the US$5 million rewards for information leading to the arrest, transfer, and conviction of Kony is still available....

It’s only for the political benefit that has pulled you and your team into fighting that project. For the other Mr Politician (Blood is thicker than water politician), he jumps into issues like a fly that drops into the milk! He has forgotten how over 500 millions of money has gone missing after he caused it years ago. The right time shall come to question these though they fear to be questioned by people (voters). Must we commit injustice to attain political capitalism by concealing the truth from the ordinary people?. Let’s have a brief insight in the total number of voters in that area (Barifa) where the political lepers intend to gain fame and votes by fighting legitimacy! Barifa forest majorly covers six villages (cells); 1. Academy Cell, 2. Onzivu, 3. Arua hill cell, 4. Zambia, 5. Golf Course cell 6. Anyafio. The total number of registered voters in these areas is roughly  estimated to be 4,000 out of the over 30,000 registered voters in Central Division Arua city. However, t...

 Two-factor authentication, or 2FA, has been sold to web users as one of the most important and trustworthy tools for securing your digital life. You probably know how it works: By supplying an account with not just your password but also a secondary piece of information (typically an automated code texted to your phone or device of choice), companies can verify that whoever signs into your account is definitely you and not just some goon who’s managed to get their hands on your personal information. However, according to new research, said goons have unfortunately found a number of effective ways to get around your 2FA protections—and they’re using these methods more and more. The study, put out by academic researchers with Stony Brook University and cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, shows the recent discovery of phishing toolkits that are being used to sneak past authentication protections. Toolkits are malicious software programs that are designed to aid in cyberattacks. Th...

If we start electing people to such important positions based on clanism, religion,  party color & we ignore qualifications of good candidates,  the out put of the performance of people we vote comes to bite us hard. These are the consequences of bad leadership. The way people in Arua view some of these positions is a disgrace.  The urban population of ARUA is growing rapidly. When shall be stop bickering  and focus of JOB CREATION? If we don't focus on addressing this fundamental  problem  that makes a good city, CRIME will be waiting  for us at every corner.  🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤷🏻‍♂🤷🏻‍♂ Source; +1613 8****92

As we all take a much-needed break over the Christmas period, we can start to reflect on what a year this has been – and how we can hope next year is better. One company that hasn't had a bad 2021 is Google and, specifically, Drive.  An exclusive TechRadar Pro poll carried out by OnePulse shows that Google Drive is by far and away the most popular cloud storage provider going, used by around 44.1% of respondents.  While this might not come as a surprise, there is a lot of competition in the cloud storage market at the moment. Apple, for example, has been expanding the scope of iCloud this year, introducing a bunch of privacy-focused features. Dropbox and OneDrive, too, are long-time competitors biting at Drive's heels.  One provider to rule them all  But the extent of the domination is impressive and worth pondering for a while, driven at least initially by Google's willingness to give away generous services for free, alongside the overall ecosystem lock-in for its s...

Culturally we do not talk while going but rather on return. Nonetheless, the grasp of the issues at hand by you and et all speaks volumes. Indeed Council has a role to play in Physical  planning  process and change of land use approvals but in this case, the area  already  has an approved Physical  Development  Plan 2015-2025 which zones it as a forest reserve for forestry permitted activities. The developer is not seeking to change land use. At best they could  appeal the decision  of NPPB. It will be seen what role they want to play in permit issuance  and what laws will guide them as a formal communication is awaited. I hope in all these someone  will not prepare a chicken meal for another at the expense of the tax payer and put to halt any efforts in fulfilling degazettement conditions resulting from sub judice rule and injunctive relief. Under the Public Private Partnership, your replanning was tenable but did the Solicitor  Ge...

A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to redeem them from starving. They all have food in their own houses. When we gather in the moonlight at village ground, it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so. Therefore let us continue with the team spirit and enjoy the power of togetherness. Let's smile not because we don't have problems but because we are stronger than the problems_.... "Alone I can smile but together we can laugh" "Alone  I can enjoy but together we can celebrate" "Alone I can talk but together we can speak" Let's promote things that unite us than things that cause disunity "Unity is Great Strength" Everyone is important according to their own unique purpose. Never look down on any body unless you are admiring their shoes.

Researchers have discovered a new Android banking malware that targets Brazil's Itaú Unibanco with the help of lookalike Google Play Store pages to carry out fraudulent financial transactions on victim devices without their knowledge. "This application has a similar icon and name that could trick users into thinking it is a legitimate app related to Itaú Unibanco," Cyble researchers said in a report published last week. "The [threat actor] has created a fake Google Play Store page and hosted the malware that targets Itaú Unibanco on it under the name 'sincronizador.apk.'" The tactic of leveraging fake app store pages as a lure is not new. In March, Meta (previously Facebook) disclosed details of an attack campaign that used its platform as part of a broader operation to spy on Uyghur Muslims using rogue third-party websites that used replica domains for popular news portals and websites designed to resemble third-party Android app stores, where attackers...

By the beginning of this week, it took some people by surprise when a crusade of two political failures  surfaced in joining the cartel of tribal men in fighting development in Arua City, particularly the Ecotourism project in Barifa Forest by Maracha County Member of Parliament Hon Oguzu Lee Denis. I goofed when i saw failure face of someone we could not imagine will one time reduce himself to be an activist who fights development. It is no longer a surprise to many, that, this enemy of progress never developed his territory when he was still a leader there. That man, who was sometime back a fugitive, has developed cold feet and it beats human understanding on why he would still want to seek for relevance by getting partially involved in a senseless war. Anything involving him nowadays doesn’t make news and poor me would advise he stays back or goes to herd animals and rear chicken because his political future is dead now. Some of the youths who participated in the protest of this...

Culture. Meanwhile, Mrs Comfort Ayikoru the daughter to a former Police Commander, late Afeku from Mitomoro in Okokoro Town Council (initially Kijomoro Sub-County) this evening Friday 4pm 24-12-2021 officially got married to Mr Kato Disan from Mbarara. The even was graced by different visitors and types of people. Stay tuned as videos from the introduction ceremony shall be uploaded here https://youtube.com/channel/UCnk5kqW1EBYI2wW0h5cspBg in this YouTube Channel.

Ransomware groups continue to evolve their tactics and techniques to deploy file-encrypting malware on compromised systems, notwithstanding law enforcement's disruptive actions against the cybercrime gangs to prevent them from victimizing additional companies. "Be it due to law enforcement, infighting amongst groups or people abandoning variants altogether, the RaaS [ransomware-as-a-service] groups dominating the ecosystem at this point in time are completely different than just a few months ago," Intel 471 researchers said in a report published this month. "Yet, even with the shift in the variants, ransomware incidents as a whole are still on the rise." Sweeping law enforcement operations undertaken by government agencies in recent months have brought about rapid shifts in the RaaS landscape and turned the tables on ransomware syndicates like Avaddon, BlackMatter, Cl0p, DarkSide, Egregor, and REvil, forcing the actors to slow down or shut down their businesses ...

A 24-years-old Lekuru Sharon daughter of late Joe from ROTI village, Lamila Parish in Okokoro Town Council (formerly Kijomoro Sub-County) has today 2pm 24-12-2021 changed from Catholic to Protestant and got baptized by Pastor James Orijabo. When asked why she has chosen to convert from Catholic to Protestant, the young lady who spent most of her time growing and working in Kampala explained that, she has found it meaningless for her to remain in Catholic religion since she has never been baptized in all her life time in that religion. Baptism, which is a symbol of “Salvation “ is interpreted  in different ways by different religious entities in the World as some of them chose not to follow and abide by the baptism prophesied by John the Baptist. #osutayusuf

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 The transportation industry and government agencies related to the sector are the victims of an ongoing campaign since July 2020 by a sophisticated and well-equipped cyberespionage group in what appears to be yet another uptick in malicious activities that are "just the tip of the iceberg." "The group tried to access some internal documents (such as flight schedules and documents for financial plans) and personal information on the compromised hosts (such as search histories)," Trend Micro researchers Nick Dai, Ted Lee, and Vickie Su said in a report published last week. Earth Centaur, also known by the monikers Pirate Panda and Tropic Trooper, is a long-running threat group focused on information theft and espionage that has led targeted campaigns against government, healthcare, transportation, and high-tech industries in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong dating all the way back to 2011. The hostile agents, believed to be a Chinese-speaking actor, are known f...

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Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms on Monday said it has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. state of California against bad actors who operated more than 39,000 phishing websites that impersonated its digital properties to mislead unsuspecting users into divulging their login credentials. The social engineering scheme involved the creation of rogue webpages that masqueraded as the login pages of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, on which victims were prompted to enter their usernames and passwords that were then harvested by the defendants. The tech giant is also seeking $500,000 from the anonymous actors. The attacks were carried out using a relay service, Ngrok, that redirected internet traffic to the phishing websites in a manner that concealed the true location of the fraudulent infrastructure. Meta said the volume of these phishing attacks ramped up in volume since March 2021 and that it worked with the relay service to suspend thousands of URLs to the phish...

 Gunshots have rocked Ngarium sub-county in Katakwi district as locals stormed the army barracks with a dead body. It is alleged that the person was killed by a UPDF soldier while he was looking after animals. Locals say that amidst existing security personnel in the area, there is continuous theft of cattle and killing of people. 📸; NBS

According to Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, the incident happened last week when unknown thugs broke into United Nations High Commission for Refugeess(UNHCR) offices in Arua  and stole two high value land cruisers including double cabin pick up registration number UBE 496B and UBK 403N that had been remodeled into an ambulance. “The facts gathered indicate that a group of thugs in connivance with the guards broke into UNHCR offices along Yumbe road. They went to the CCTV centre and vandalized cameras and removed footages to kill evidence against them. They vandalized a third motor vehicle they found in the parking,”Enanga said. He explained that security tracked down the vehicles and it was established they had been sold to the North Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and an alert was sent to their Police which saw the two vehicles impounded and are currently being kept at Aruu police station in DRC. Enanga said that police have intensified the hunt for two Saracen...

Maadu (Kapeere’s relationship advisor) was arrested and taken to police, but he claimed that Kapeere had asked him to beat up Fred (Kapeere’s rival), so the police have called Kapeere to come to police and explain whether he indeed had sent Maadu to beat up Fred. Kapeere has ‘real’ denied everything to everyone who cares to listen. However, he still wants to know what the police means by writing him that letter.   What is this letter?  By law, the police, court or any other judicial body can order a person to appear before it at a stated time and date for a specific reason such as to answer questions or provide information to them.   This is done through a written document known as Summons.  Can you choose to ignore them?  Yes, you can, but this means you forfeit the opportunity to voluntarily give your side of a story or to provide information that could benefit your case. The police will not lose interest and go away.   Instead, the police may investigate...

  First Son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba Saturday poured out tribute for deceased legendary Ugandan artiste Mowzey Radio. “Rest in peace my brother Mowzey Radio,” the commander of UPDF land forces started in a post made on Twitter. Counting over 200 self-written songs that turned out major club bangers, Radio whose real names are Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo died February 1, 2018- a few days after his  January 25 birthday. But his musical talent, Lt Gen Muhoozi now says “could not be challenged.” “You were a true patriot and nationalist!  We miss you! Rest in peace brother!!” the army man eulogized the musician whose songs are still relatively dominant in the entertainment world with a vast contribution to Uganda’s performing arts industry. The first son doesn’t usually tweet about musical issues but we suspect he must have listened to one of Radio’s many songs- which drove him to at least pay tribute to the fallen artiste, again, three years after the latter’s death. Mowzey R...

Good morning everyone 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋 As you prepare to come to Arua City for the festive season note the following Security tips,, Don't go to town if you don't have to, there are boys gathering in groups either under the tree or in any shade becareful when you approach such gatherings, your phone, watch, money or any valuable including your teeth can leave you during broad day, either move in a group of 3 or don't move  When boarding a Boda check the condition of the bike and ensure that the bike has 2 number plates both in front and behind or always take some one whom you know well, If you feel lost just look for Arua Hill Stadium you will pick your direction from there, Arua at night is a different Arua and Day time is a different Arua with Various events, If you move into new house use 2 padlocks no matter how of good quality they are, becareful when you are transferring yourself, the tricycle ( raxa) the young boys you use can move away with some of your pocketable i...

Violent protests early this monday morning in the city of Goma-DRC as residents protest the deployment of Rwandan Police in their city. They accuse Rwanda of being an enemy country whose forces have caused thousands of deaths in the DRC.

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https://theinformersdotcom.wordpress.com/2021/12/19/how-far-are-you-prepared-as-telecommunication-network-service-providers-and-gadget-device-manufacturers-phase-out-2g-and-3g-networks-%e2%9d%93/ United States envoy to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has urged the Federal Government, telecoms operators and network users to prioritise security as preparations have reached an advanced stage to deploy the 5G network. She warned that allowing mistrusted telecommunications service providers to participate in or control 5G network would create risks to national security, critical infrastructure, privacy and respect for human rights. Leonard made the assertion at the 2021 International Legislative Stakeholders Conference on Digital Technology and Cyber Security organised by the Senate Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Cybercrime yesterday in Abuja. She noted that national measures should be deployed to mitigate significant security risks from high-risk suppliers, re...

 Six months before he was assassinated, Dr. King spoke to a group of students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967. And he told them: I want to ask you a question, and that is: "What is Your Life’s Blueprint"? He moved on to remind all of the mankind here today that -- Whenever a building is constructed, you usually have an architect who draws a blueprint, and that blueprint serves as the pattern, as the guide, and a building is not well erected without a good, solid blueprint. Now each of you is in the process of building the structure of your lives, and the question is whether you have a proper, a solid and a sound blueprint. I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life’s blueprint. Number one in your life’s blueprint, should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your worth and your own somebodiness. Don’t allow anybody to make you fell that you’re nobody. Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and alway...