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Google has released an urgent software update for its Chrome web browser and is urging Windows, Mac, and Linux users to upgrade the application to the latest available version immediately. Started rolling out to users worldwide this Wednesday, the Chrome 77.0.3865.90 version contains security patches for 1 critical and 3 high-risk security vulnerabilities, the most severe of which could allow remote hackers to take control of an affected system. Google has decided to keep details of all four vulnerabilities secret for a few more days in order to prevent hackers from exploiting them and give users enough time to install the Chrome update. For now, Chrome security team has only revealed that all four vulnerabilities are use-after-free issues in different components of the web browser, as mentioned below, the critical of which could lead to remote code execution attacks. The use-after-free vulnerability is a class of memory corruption issue that allows corruption or modification of data i

I am very glad to have presided over the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the leaders of West Nile Cooperative Union and the officials of Glovag-Agri which is aimed at promoting commercial food crop production in West Nile. The 30 years partnership was signed at the union's headquarters at Wandi trading centre in Katrini sub county, Arua district. During the function, the over 30, 000 farmers affiliated to the union vowed to abondon tobacco production which was monopolized by the BAT and instead start planting crops like sorghum, maize, ground nuts, simsim and soya beans on commercial basis courtesy of the new company. I thank the farmers for taking this decision which is in line with President Yoweri Museveni's continued appeal for the people of West Nile to stop growing tobacco. I also thank Joel Aita, the main brain behind the Glovag-Agri company which will support these farmers in market linkage, seed provision and inputs. On my part, I will try my best to

The Association of the Expropriated Properties’ Owners Association chairman Muhammad Allibhai (right), deputy Ambassador to Italy Kassam Mumtaz (3rd right) and others appear before the sub-committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises investigating the departed Asians properties custodian board at Parliament on 11 September 2019. A section of Ugandans of Asian origin have expressed fear that the current Parliament probe into the management and status of properties that were left behind in 1972 is likely to result into a second expulsion. This is because it is “targeting individuals” instead of handling the real problem with expropriated properties. The members of the Association of Expropriated Properties Owners’ Limited, who are being probed by a select taskforce of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) say it is only President Museveni who can save the image of the country by stopping what they call “r

COMMENTARY. Ludo Game Boards to Give Jobs to Our 10 Million Unemployed Youth or to Feed Our Starving Elders Or to Stop Corruption or to Put Medicines in Our Hospitals or whatever short of thing it may be! Are You People even Serious?. I Reserve Some Of My Boiling Points. Thanks. Yours, Osuta Yusuf a Proud Lugbara Career Politician, ICT, Barrister, Student For Life And Editor Online Publications. Continue To Read The Details And Many More Articles In The Below  Link  https://ugandan.tk OR https://osutayusuf.blogspot.com Thanks Again. KATAKWI: Toroma County Member of Parliament Joseph Andrew Koluo donated four Ludo game boards over the weekend to his constituents in Toroma, Omodoi, Kapujan & Magoro sub counties. According to Voice of Gomba, Koluo said the boards will save his voters from engrossment in Unemployment, poverty, hunger & cattle theft worries. “I was advised by doctors in Kampala that a free mind from deep thoughts that cause depression is a healthy one. This

The Internal Security Organisation (ISO) Director General Col Frank Kaka Bagyenda has said he cannot waste his time on Members of Parliament accusing his organ of torturing victim. “In the bush war, I was the intelligence officer of the mobile brigade that captured Kampala but I never tortured anyone. They can vilify me but I want witnesses to come and pin me on torturing them,” Kaka said in an interview this week. “Torturing suspects is not part of our standard operating procedures and in fact, if it was so, I would have started with Sobbi(Paddy Sserunjogi).” He further revealed that some MPs are ignorant because it is not their professional area. “The other day they went to see safe houses, did they see them? If they had come through us, we would have shown them where they (safe houses) are.” Last week, MPs on Human Rights Committee were denied access to safe houses in Kyengera and Natete by the security organization. Overtime, MPs had been pestering the Security Minister Gen Elly Tu

The United States government has filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the CIA and NSA government agencies who made headlines worldwide in 2013 when he fled the country and leaked top-secret information about NSA's global and domestic surveillance activities. And you would be more surprised to know the reason for this lawsuit—No, Snowden has not been sued for leaking NSA secrets, instead for publishing a book without submitting it to the agencies for pre-publication review. In his latest book, titled "Permanent Record" and released  on 17 September 2019, Edward Snowden for the first time revealed the story of his life, including how he helped the agency to built that surveillance system. Permanent Record also details about the aftermath of Snowden decision to disclose hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents exposing the United States mass surveillance programs to the world. According to a press release U.S. Department of Justice just publish

The government party, National Resistance Movement, wants electoral laws amended to specifically permit the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) to support the Uganda Police Force in providing security during elections. The proposal was one of a host of proposals on various electoral laws presented by the NRM Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba, to the House Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on Tuesday, 17 September 2019. The Committee is carrying out consultations on the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2019; Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2019; Electoral Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2019; Political Parties and Organisations (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and Local Governments (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Lumumba argued that the rationale for the UPDF providing security during elections is to cater for circumstances where Police may require back up from sister security agencies. “Unless the law prescribes for situations where back up may be required; there is a