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Former Speaker of Parliament and now 1st Deputy Prime Minister has not shown up for the handover ceremony where she was supposed to receive a brand new Land Cruiser from Speaker Rt. Hon. Anitah Among. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga was among the five living former Speakers of Parliament who were to receive the cars today 18th December, 2023 at Parliament.The other recipients who actually turned up are Al Hajji Moses Kigongo, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, Francis Butagira and Prof. Edward Rugumayo. According to the recent enacted Parliamentary Pensions Act, former Speakers of Parliament will receive brand-new vehicles every 5 years and Parliament is responsible for the maintenance of the vehicles and payment of the drivers’ salaries.The brand new Land Cruisers cost over 600m each and consume about Shs700,000 700k full tank. While handing over the vehicles, Speaker Anitah Among revealed that Parliament will be giving the former Speakers new cars every 5 years,

📸: Speaker Annet Anita Among looks on. Photo by Parliament of Uganda. The speaker of Uganda Parliament, Rt Hon Annet Anita Among has asked Government to stop buses that hike transport fares during the Christmas festival, saying the economy isn’t good, which calls for the need to protect Ugandans from any hiked transport costs. “I want you to issue a statement on the fares that people are going to pay, people don’t have money, economy isn’t good. What is the difference between travelling now and Christmas day? If you get a bus that is hiking prices stop that bus from moving, let them be fair to our people, let us not make a fortune out of nothing,” said @AnitahAmong. The Speaker also asked all motorists to exercise caution while on the road, urging people to plan their journeys early so as to avoid driving beyond the stipulated speed limit.  "Please don't overspeed, if you want to reach early, please leave early, don't overspeed because speed kills. I want to u

In a disturbing revelation, a student uncovered a hidden camera within a plastic clothes hook in a West Virginia bathroom, initiating legal action against Amazon. The retail giant faces a lawsuit as it allegedly continues to sell similar covert cameras on its platform, priced at $42.99. Despite warnings about the dangers of such devices, disguised as everyday items, Amazon’s sale of these invasive cameras persists. Privacy activists stress the potential harm, especially to women and girls. The case sheds light on the need for increased scrutiny and regulation of these technologies.

Arach has been having trouble with Lutome, one of her brothers-in-law, since Arach’s husband died. In one of their conversations at the market stall, Arach told Abalo, her best friend, that she was tired of Lutome calling her a useless widow and threatening to chase her away from their land. Abalo told her to only get back to her if she was tired and strong enough for ‘permanent medicine’.When the family meeting failed to resolve the problem and Lutome ended up announcing that he would never give Arach peace. Arach went back to Abalo for the ‘medicine’. Abalo told her about this movie she watched where the man fell down a pit, and they agreed to try it. They borrowed Okello’s panga and the next night, they met at the well and set their trap. Lutome came by as usual drunk, tripped over the trap they set, and fell down the well. Arach jumped in just like in the movie Abalo told her and slit Lutome’s throat.  The police have arrested Arach, Okello and Abalo for murder. Abalo

2023 has seen its fair share of cyber attacks, however there's one attack vector that proves to be more prominent than others - non-human access. With 11 high-profile attacks in 13 months and an ever-growing ungoverned attack surface, non-human identities are the new perimeter, and 2023 is only the beginning. Why non-human access is a cybercriminal's paradise # People always look for the easiest way to get what they want, and this goes for cybercrime as well. Threat actors look for the path of least resistance, and it seems that in 2023 this path was non-user access credentials (API keys, tokens, service accounts and secrets). " 50% of the active access tokens connecting Salesforce and third-party apps are unused. In GitHub and GCP the numbers reach 33%." These non-user access credentials are used to connect apps and resources to other cloud services. What makes them a true hacker's dream is that they have no security measures like user credentials do

The Minister of State for Trade, Harriet Ntabaazi revealed that 30 MPs are facing criminal investigation into their role in the embezzlement of Shs164Bn meant for Cooperatives compensation, and among the culprits include five ‘talkative’ and ‘noisy’ Opposition MPs. "The Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID) is taking on files, around 5 files have been identified and the good thing with it, it wasn’t only the Ministry, there are MPs more than 30 MPs who are into this including Opposition MPs, five active opposition MPs very talkative and noise makers will also face it rough. We shall also face it as a Ministry, but they will also face it. So, we aren’t scared, we shall also face it wherever it will end, God knows, let it unfold that way," said Minister Ntabaazi. Minister Ntabaazi made the remarks while appearing before Parliament’s Trade Committee where she called for calm amongst MPs, saying the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives will continue executi

Parliament was informed that Uganda Police Force imported 10 dogs in 2022/23, of which 30 puppies are being trained as future sniffer dogs. In January 2023, Police asked for Shs4.968Bn to procure 750 dogs to expand the Force’s canine unit in order to fight crime in Uganda. The revelation was made by James Ochaya , Director Research, Planning and Development while appearing  before Parliament’s Internal Affairs Committee, where the force had been summoned to update Parliament on its performance for the 2022/2023 financial year. "We were also able to import 5pairs of canine dogs to enhance breeding and currently, we have 30 puppies being trained at the Nagalama breeding centre. These new units now bring the number of canine units to now 88, but that is only 47% of the country coverage but we are now constructing 8 more cannons that means the percentage will improve,” said Ochaya. According to Uganda Police Force, there were 19,716 trackings conducted by the canine unit,