Osuta Yusuf

As Uganda Prepares the General Elections next year 2021 After Unveiling of the Revised Election Roadmap by Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Simon Byabakama on Tuesday this week and as political parties prepare for the Scientific campaigns and elections for the first time in the history of Uganda. President Museveni has today appointed Hajjat Medina Naham, who is the NRM chairperson of Koboko District as the new Director Finance and Administration. She takes over Immediately from Hajji Galiwango. This comes at a time when National Resistance Movement hosts it Central Executive Committee meeting to harmonize its roadmap to fit into the revised version of general elections. Hajjati Medina One Of the vibrant young NRM leaders who delivered victory for NRM throughout the 2016 elections defeating all opposition elements during the Elections who had stood against NRM candidates in Koboko District. She has vowed to exhibit high levels of Integrity and Tr...

As Uganda intensifies it's COVID19 fight amidst spiking numbers especially in border districts, Hon Ayaka Rose together with UPDF and Uganda Police have today reenforced the border surveillance between Uganda and DRC. In a scientific meeting held at Malaba trading centre with the local leaders attended by ASP Hassan Hiwumbire, Maracha District Police Commander and Major Okello, commandant of Kampala detach of UDPF have resolved to intensify surveillance over the porous borders, that are aiding illicit trade and likelihood of spreading of corona virus.  Hon Ayaka called on people especially the local leaders to work closely with the security to address the challenges posed by free movements by our brothers and sisters across the border. " We as your leaders have an obligation to save you diligently and ensure that you are safe, healthy all the times, but you also have to cooperate" she noted. She has pledged to purchase a temperature gun for Malaba Trading Cent...

Having completed a year long Grade II course, Thirty two of the graduates are Ugandans, with two each from every EAC partner states and one from the Republic South Africa. The function was presided over by the Minister of State for Defence in-charge of Veteran Affairs, Hon Christopher Kibanzanga. Hon Kibanzanga noted that Uganda has attained peace and stability, thanks to the tireless efforts of the UPDF supported by other security agencies and the peace-loving Ugandans.  However, the country and Africa at large continues to face new challenges in the ever changing current operational environment.  He therefore urged the graduands to venture in research, continuous reading and further training so as to develop individual and collective diverse competences to handle unique encounters.  "We must continue training to build our capacity to enable ourselves handle new challenges such as those that require skills other than war, like locusts and COVID-19," said Hon ...

The Minister who in recent months has been traversing the different mining areas across the country was responding to a matter raised by Kalungu West MP, Mr Joseph Ssewungu who said there might be deliberate efforts to fail her. State Minister for Minerals, Ms Sarah Opendi has told Parliament that she has received death threats from anonymous people who she described as mafias promoting illegal gold mining. Ms Opendi who moved to the docket in January having worked as a State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties, said Thursday that her mission was to clean the mining industry. However, she said the threats will not frustrate her efforts against illegal mining activities and the violation of rights of other players. "Concerning the issue of the gold mines, my life has been threatened but I have assured these mafias that before they blow my head, I will have removed them," Ms Opendi said. The Minister who in recent months has been traversing the different...

The High Court has today ruled that Ugandan prisoners and Ugandans living in diaspora of 18 years of age and above are entitled to vote in the Country’s elections, breaking a decades long tradition that disenfranchised them. High Court Judge Justice Lydia Mugambe found that being a prisoner or living in the diaspora does not take away one’s citizenship and that the Electoral Commission’s practice since the promulgation of Uganda’s Constitution in 1995 of refusing to register for voting prisoners and Ugandans living in the diaspora is illegal and discriminatory. "These Ugandans are part of the citizens envisaged in Article 59 [of the Constitution which provides for the right to vote to all Ugandans of 18 years and above]."

Police arrests musician and presidential advisor on Ghetto Affairs Buchaman for disrupting NEMA meeting. Buchaman was grabbed by Katwe police after he mobilized youth to disrupt a NEMA meeting on Thursday afternoon.

President Xi Jinping  (above)  of China has today assured African countries that China will continue supporting Covid-19 containment measures in the continent. The Chinese leader said his country will continue providing technical and material support needed to defeat the virus in Africa. Speaking during an extra-ordinary China-Africa Summit on solidarity against Covid-19, President Xi said: "China will never waver in its pursuit for greater solidarity with Africa". He urged African leaders to stick together in upholding multilateralism and oppose the politicisation and stigmatisation of the coronavirus pandemic. The virtual summit was convened by China, South Africa and Senegal. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is the current Chairperson of the African Union while Senegal's Macky Sall is the Co-Chairperson of the Forum on Africa-China Cooperation (FOCAC). President Xi said China's support for Africa during the current health crisis will include debt...

Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off a new sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign directed against aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East with an aim to spy on key employees of the targeted firms and, in some case, even to siphon money. The campaign, dubbed “Operation In(ter)ception” because of a reference to "Inception" in the malware sample, took place between September to December 2019, according to a new report cybersecurity firm ESET shared. "The primary goal of the operation was espionage," the researchers told The Hacker News. "However, in one of the cases we investigated, the attackers tried to monetize access to a victim's email account through a business email compromise (BEC) attack as the final stage of the operation." The financial motivation behind the attacks, coupled with similarities in targeting and development environment, have led ESET to suspect Lazarus Group, a notorious hacking group that...

The Maracha District Woman Member of Parliament Hon Ayaka Rose together with Officials from Foreign Affairs Ministry, are convening Meeting, Dialogue with Ugandans living along the Boarder Lines. This adventurous exercise which started yesterday 15-June-2020 at Mirama hills in Ntungamo District along Uganda - Rwanda Boarder, seeks to partly tackle challenges of Economical and Social Activities of Ugandans living in the Boarder Districts of Uganda. As Day Two of this phase been today 16-June-2020 in Kisoro District, it shall then be rolled throughout all the Boarder Districts of Uganda.

Uganda Electoral Commission Chairman, Justice Simon Byabakama. The nomination of candidates for Parliamentary and Presidential seats for the 2021 general elections will take place in October and November this year, respectively, according to a revised electoral roadmap released Tuesday. Nomination for Parliamentary candidates is scheduled to take place October 12 and 13 while Presidential candidates will be nominated on November 2 and 3. The Electoral Commission has finally released the revised electoral Roadmap, the first of its kind since it the electoral campaign duration has been shortened and mass rallies prohibited due to the Covid-19 threat. The roadmap highlights the dates for commencement of various key electoral activities, namely, nominations, campaigns and polling for various elective positions, that is, Presidential, General Parliamentary and Local Government Councils.  It also highlights the period for conduct of elections for Special Interest Groups (Pers...

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High impact vulnerabilities in modern communication protocol used by mobile network operators (MNOs) can be exploited to intercept user data and carry out impersonation, fraud, and denial of service (DoS) attacks, cautions a newly published research. The findings are part of a new Vulnerabilities in LTE and 5G Networks 2020 report published by London-based cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies last week. "This paper encompasses the results of security assessments performed during the 2018–2019 timeframe on behalf of 28 telecom operators in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America." Called the  GPRS Tunnelling Protocol  (GTP), the affected Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications standard defines a set of rules governing data traffic over 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. It also forms the basis for GPRS core network and its successor Evolved Packet Core (EPC), thus making it possible for users to keep connected to the Internet while moving from one place to the othe...

Burundi’s president was a cruel and tyrannical leader under whom no one was safe, not even schoolchildren. Strongmen — and they’re always men — are intolerant of political opponents, independent journalism and every other organ that makes up a liberal, pluralistic and civil society. Burundi’s former president, Pierre Nkurunziza, who died on Monday, was no different.  After becoming president in 2005, he overstayed his welcome and risked his country’s fragile peace by pressing for a controversial third term in 2015. He won that election, amid accusations of electoral irregularities, relying on classic authoritarian tactics to maintain authority.  Over the past five years, journalists have been repeatedly threatened and the space for independent media has shrunk considerably. Four journalists working for  Iwacu , one of the few remaining private outlets in Burundi, were sentenced in January to two and a half years in prison for “undermining state security”. Christine K...

Cybersecurity researchers at Reason Labs, the threat research arm of security solutions provider Reason Cybersecurity, disclosed details of a vulnerability they recently discovered in the Facebook Messenger application for Windows. The vulnerability, which resides in Messenger version 460.16, could allow attackers to leverage the app to potentially execute malicious files already present on a compromised system in an attempt to help malware gain persistent/extended access. Reason Labs shared its findings with Facebook in April, after which the social media company quickly patched the flaw with the release of an updated version of Facebook Messenger for Windows users via the Microsoft store. According to researchers, the vulnerable app triggers a call to load Windows Powershell from the C:\python27 path. This path is typically created when installing version 2.7 of the Python and does not commonly exist in most Windows installations. Attackers can hijack such calls that attempt...

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir South Sudan has now lost over 30 military generals, former Chief Justice, a serving Member of Parliament and academicians in a period of one month On the country’s worst day yet, 10 deaths of prominent figures including former head of Military Intelligence, Lt. Gen. Nuor Jok were recorded. Government officially between May 13 4:00pm and May 14 4:00pm announced the passing on of 10 officials. None of these however, were linked to COVID-19. The former spy chief, just like former Burundian President, Pierre Nkurunziza, reportedly suffered cardiac arrest. South Sudan has officially registered 1,670 cases of COVID-19, 48 recoveries and 24 deaths. The fatality from the closed cases (72) stands 33% which is among the highest in world considering the global average of 10%. Four of the five vice presidents were declared COVID positive as well as a number of ministers including for Defense and Information. Below are some of the ranking officials that have pass...

The High Court in Uganda ruled that the firing of Dr. Stella Nyanzi from her job as research fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research, was illegal. She has been awarded UGX 120m as general damages and the university has been ordered to reinstate her. The High Court has ruled that: whereas it is not normal for a PhD student to choose his/her supervisor, it is unfair for Universities to force supervision of a PhD student by someone the student considers biased or that person's proteges. Court, in the case of Yusuf Serunkuma Versus Makerere and Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, ruled that supervision for PhD should be by someone a student has trust and confidence in.  Mr Serunkuma challenged the replacement of one of his supervisors on ground that he is Mamdani's protege yet he (Yusuf) fell out with him. The Court awarded Yusuf 25M Shillings in damages for lost time and opportunities while pursuing the case and a waiver of tuition fees due during the period he pursued ...

The Scottish Parliament has called for the immediate suspension of exports of riot gear, tear gas and rubber bullets to the United States, in light of the police response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. A successful motion, which was backed by 52 votes to 0 with 11 abstentions, says the parliament "stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and considers that the UK government must immediately suspend all export licences for tear gas, rubber bullets and riot gear to the US". Patrick Harvie, the Green MSP who proposed the successful amendment, said the "weapons of oppression", which the UK government has granted active export licences for, were being used by a "racist state" to "brutalise marginalise communities". The same motion also called for the establishment of a slavery museum in Scotland "to address our historic links with the slave trade". The police response to the US protests has seen secu...

The decision comes after ICC appeals judges authorized an investigation into allegations of war crimes by U.S. military and intelligence personnel. The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The Trump administration launched an attack Thursday on the International Criminal Court, which is set up to prosecute war crimes and genocide, authorizing economic sanctions against officials investigating or prosecuting U.S. personnel without Washington’s consent. The decision to slap sanctions on court officials comes after ICC appeals judges authorized an investigation in March into allegations of war crimes by U.S. military and intelligence personnel, Afghan forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan. President Donald Trump also authorized the expansion of visa restrictions against ICC officials and their family members. “The International Criminal Court’s actions are an attack on the rights of the ...

 150 vehicles blocked on the RN4 because of the quagmire. (illustration image) Vehicles blocked at the Ruzizi 2 border between the DRC (Bukavu) and Rwanda for two weeks. Traffic has been suspended since Wednesday June 10 on the national road number 4 which leads to Kisangani, 25 km from Nyanya on the border between the territories of Mambasa in Ituri and Bafwansende in the Province of Tshopo. At the base, a large quagmire that blocks traffic. According to the administrator of the Mambasa territory, Idriss Koma Kukodila, more than 150 vehicles are blocked carrying goods from Beni, North Kivu and Komanda. Idriss Koma Kukodila adds that there are also dozens of fuel tankers that leave for Kisangani that are stranded there. According to some users, this national road becomes more and more an ordeal following the roadway which has deteriorated sharply. The administrator of the territory indicates that this situation creates a significant grouping of populations. What constit...

Some of the recovered patients at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital hours before they were discharged. Gulu Regional Referral Hospital on Thursday afternoon discharged a total of 34 patients who recovered from COVID -19. 26 of those discharged are Ugandan truck drivers while eight are foreign truck drivers. All were admitted to the hospital for treatment after they tested positive for the virus from Elegu border point in Amuru district. Dr. Paska Apiyo, a Physician and the Head of Case Management at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital revealed that they would have discharged 55 patients today who recovered but that the test results of the other 21 delayed at Uganda Virus Research Institute, prompting them to discharge only 34. “Another 21 patients, if their results were out, would have been released together with these ones. Probably tomorrow or the next day, we will again discharge a good number of them.” said Dr. Apiyo According to Apiyo, the success that the hospital is registering in tre...

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)has said it has lost atleast 534 million shillings daily due to the lockdown of Entebbe Airport. As on the Other Side, the Government through CAA, is Requesting 150B Shillings to Reopen Entebbe Airport.

On Saturday, the staff laid down their tools protesting a 25% pay cut forcing the station to play only non-stop music. All other programs were halted. Earlier today Comedian Salvado shared news that he had joined the station, this was followed by James Onen Fatboy’s post on facebook announcing that he was leaving the station after 21 years. “21 years the ride is over, thanks for the support all these years, you’re the best fans in the world, will communicate future plans soon. In the meantime, ladies, I’m coming for transport money #savetheboy child,” he posted. The fired Sanyu FM’s staff have this evening taken to the company digital platforms and announced that they were unfairly fired. “You may have heard that we have been unfairly fired for a sit down strike protesting a 25% pay cut while we work. This is not in the spirit of fair negotiation between Sanyu FM and its staff, ” they tweeted. The staff say, want to be treated fairly based on the labour laws of Uganda or el...

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A team of cybersecurity researchers outed a little-known Indian IT firm that has secretly been operating as a global hackers-for-hire service or hacking-as-a-service platform. Based in Delhi,  BellTroX InfoTech  allegedly targeted thousands of high-profile individuals and hundreds of organizations across six continents in the last seven years. Hack-for-hire services do not operate as a state-sponsored group but likely as a hack-for-hire company that conducts commercial cyberespionage against given targets on behalf of private investigators and their clients. According to the latest report published by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, BellTroX—dubbed 'Dark Basin' as a hacking group—targeted advocacy groups, senior politicians, government officials, CEOs, journalists, and human rights defenders. "Over the course of our multi-year investigation, we found that Dark Basin likely conducted commercial espionage on behalf of their clients against opponents involved in ...

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