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By Hon. Odonga Otto In the morning hours of Saturday  21st August 2021, a neighbour stood at my gate and told me, "Paul Lokech is dead".  I asked him, "which Lokech" and he replied, "your Paul Lokech you have been having battles with, the Deputy IGP".  I replied,  "I have enough of my own problems, keep me out of that kind of news". This was before the news broke on social media. About 10 minutes later, the news broke all over social media (Note: This is a long article and would advise that one reads it upto the end.  It has life lessons and calls for forgiveness for one to heal). I have known Paul Lokech fairly well, for over 30 years. A bold, brave fighter who helped pacify Acholi land. I have had a lot of interpersonal contacts with him and  good momories fristly I am grateful that he saved my life at one point. Secondly When i was arrested in amuru of Mhadavani sugar land takeover he called and said " acholi land shouldn't be taken f...

#OPINION. Prosecutor Joan Jagezi vowed to investigate and prosecute the culprits (terrorists) involved in the shootings of Muslim clerics in Uganda! Joan was gruesomely shot dead in 2015 😭. Later on, Police and Army commanders were gunned down! The then Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Ronald Kaweesi promised to investigate and arrest the culprits (terrorists)! Kawesi was also put out of action by gun. In 2-June-2021, Gen Katumba Wamala survived an assassination attempt that left his daughter Brenda Nantongo and his driver Haruna Kayondo dead😭! Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Gen Paul Lokech took charge and also promised to investigate and bring the culprits (terrorists) to book! We have mysteriously lost Gen Lokech just yesterday 21-8-2021 to blood clot😭. Lokech is gone, just like a smoke in the air! The BIG question remains, Are these terrorists behind the trailing and killing of our Police and Army Commanders in Uganda❓. #The_informers

Privacy protection company Surfshark says it analyzed 185 countries and their social media blocking practices from 2015 to the present day, seeking to evaluate the extent of social media censorship.  The research shows that 62 out of the 185 analyzed countries blocked or heavily restricted social media access in the past five years. Cutting off social media access is a common practice in African countries, especially during elections, protests, demonstrations, or exams.  The researchers at  Privacy protection company Surfshark says their study revealed that at least 27 countries in Africa blocked or heavily restricted social media access over five years. The report shows that Uganda became the 15th country in Africa to restrict social media access due to elections since 2015.  Over five years, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Togo, Tanzania, Benin, DRC, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Sierra Leone have also restricted access to social media due ...

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Odonga Otto's election petition has succeeded as Court ruled that fresh elections be conducted in Aruu South. It emerged that Komakech Christopher addressed his resignation letter to the wrong office as per the Public Service Standing order.

A virtual private network (VPN) is the perfect solution for a lot of issues you might experience online- accessing blocked sites, hiding your browsing activity, getting rid of internet throttling, finding better deals, and much more. But does a VPN protect you from hackers? Is your private information and files safer on the internet with a VPN? How much of a difference does it make in terms of data protection? The answer to these questions isn't as simple as Yes or No. So, keep reading to find out. Does a VPN Prevent Hacking? You should definitely use a VPN on a public network or your home wi-fi because it significantly protects your privacy. But a VPN can't simply protect you from every single type of cyber attack. Some attacks are very sophisticated and complex, which even a VPN can't prevent. But let's look at some of the cyber attacks that a VPN can stop. 1 — MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) Attack A MITM attack is when a hacker comes in between you and the person or web se...

We have all heard the story of Adam and Eve. If you haven’t, then banange, go to church (the online one or radio kind). Anyway, in that story about the first couple, God told Adam that you could eat ANYTHING from the Garden of Eden but just don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (We would like to know what that fruit looks like). We know how the rest of the story goes; the snake tempted Eve who ate the fruit and gave some to Adam, who also ate, and they both realized that they were naked and so on and so forth. WHAT LEGAL LESSONS CAN YOU GET FROM THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE?  Fair Hearing:  Even God (who sees all and knows all), knew that Adam and Eve had eaten the ‘wrong’ fruit, gave them a fair hearing. He still asked, “Adam, where are you? What happened?” And Adam was given a chance to state his case before God. (Although he probably needed a lawyer to plead on his behalf) Spouses as witnesses The second lesson we can easily derive from this story is how s...

Watante and Maimuna had Gaby and Gabe as their only children before their relationship fell apart. However, word reached Watante that Maimuna was going to marry a Muzungu. Watante decided that another man was not going to raise his children, so he waited while Maimuna was at the market and forcefully took the children from the babysitter. Maimuna reported him to police for kidnap and the police is currently looking for him, but they are also confused about the situation. Can a parent kidnap their own child?  WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? Kidnapping is the act of abducting someone and holding them captive. By law, it is a serious offence (felony) to remove a child from access to or from lawful guardianship. If convicted, the punishment is 10 years or more of imprisonment.  CAN A PARENT KIDNAP HIS OR HER OWN CHILD?  No, a parent cannot also kidnap their own child. By law, a parent has a right to live and be with their child. However, if the courts of law determine that the parent ...

The Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Arua city, Mr. Adomati Dickson has today, 18th August, 2021 launched and opened the office of Arua central division veterans, widows and children's Emyooga SACCO office at social centre in Arua city.  Speaking during the launch, Dickson applauded President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni for this well thought initiative and promised to ensure that this seed capital revolves, grows until the lives of the veterans and their families are improved. Adomati warned civil servants and the leaders of the SACCO against corruption and segregation adding that he will not tolerate vanishing of the funds and that he would direct the police to arrest those who will disappear with this seed capital. Mr. Ezama Ham Muzamil, the sub regional coordinator of EMYOOGA West Nile on his part said, all the 18 SACCOS of the central division, Arua city, have received the EMYOOGA funds and that he had performed 100% in disbursement of the funds. The chairman of the gr...

Kampala High Court Judge, Margaret Apinyi has set Monday 23rd August 2021 as the day for hearing of election challenging the declaration of Kampala Central MP Mohammad Nsereko. On 10th March 2021 Bobi Wine’s Brother Fred Nyanzi Sentamu filed an electoral petition against the Electoral Commission, the Returning Officer Kampala Central Ms. Musiime Doreen and MP Nsereko Mohammed. Appearing before Court for a pre hearing session, Nsereko Mohammad’s Lawyer Bernad Mutyaba told the presiding judge that his client is not aware of any petition filed against his victory. Through his lawyers led by Justin Ssemuyaba, Nyanza wants court to order for recounting of votes in the 50 Polling stations gazetted Kampala Central. Nsereko is the only MP who won the election in Kampala with the rest being won by the National Unity Platform (NUP). “There was noncompliance and failure to conduct a free and fair election, which substantially affected the results,” Nyanzi’s lawyer said. Nyanzi averred that the el...

https://www.facebook.com/109123777629098/posts/308886797652794/ I became concerned about a report by the DPC, that shows our youth were recruited illegally to go and work in  unknown places but the question that remains disturbing is child labour,  who is responsible for the recruitment, where they're taken and how they are treated. I want to appeal to all leaders to be very vigilant about this and we help our young generation to be safe during this Covid-19 pandemic as they look for jobs. #DriwaruJennifer #Woman #MP

Sebaduka was arrested and presented to court for beating his neighbour Sula. He managed to convince the court to release him on bail. Sebaduka's brother Masaka and their mother assured court that they would bring him back at the next court date. However, when it was time for the court to hear his case, Sebaduka was nowhere to be seen. Masaka is now wondering what this means for him and their old mother who stood surety for him. will they be imprisoned for the crime of assault that Sebaduka committed?  WHAT IS BAIL?  Bail is the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court. By law, an accused person is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty, so he/she has a right to apply to be released on bail while their case is heard. To be granted bail, the courts usually require that there is a person who can guarantee to court that the accused will turn up for his or her trial if rel...

The U.S. is presently combating two pandemics--coronavirus and ransomware attacks. Both have partially shut down parts of the economy. However, in the case of cybersecurity, lax security measures allow hackers to have an easy way to rake in millions. It's pretty simple for hackers to gain financially, using malicious software to access and encrypt data and hold it hostage until the victim pays the ransom. Cyber attacks are more frequent now because it is effortless for hackers to execute them. Further, the payment methods are now friendlier to them. In addition, businesses are willing to pay a ransom because of the growing reliance on digital infrastructure, giving hackers more incentives to attempt more breaches. Bolder cybercriminals A few years back, cybercriminals played psychological games before getting bank passwords and using their technical know-how to steal money from people's accounts. They are bolder now because it is easy for them to buy ransomware software-as-a-se...

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In a Road Committee meeting held today at Maracha District headquarters, Woman MP Driwaru Jennifer and Maracha East Constituency MP Ruth Lematia Ondoru said, despite of the minimal budget allocations to roads sector, the district Engineers should ensure clean road construction works. In a situation where the "Food cooked is small, we expect it to be delicious" , the legislatures, through a proverbial quote.

Facebook on Friday said it's extending end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for voice and video calls in Messenger, along with testing a new opt-in setting that will turn on end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs. "The content of your messages and calls in an end-to-end encrypted conversation is protected from the moment it leaves your device to the moment it reaches the receiver's device," Messenger's Ruth Kricheli said in a post. "This means that nobody else, including Facebook, can see or listen to what's sent or said. Keep in mind, you can report an end-to-end encrypted message to us if something's wrong." The social media behemoth said E2EE is becoming the industry standard for improved privacy and security. Stack Overflow Teamsr It's worth noting that the company's flagship messaging service gained support for E2EE in text chats in 2016, when it added a "secret conversation" option to its app, while communications on its sister p...

NSO Group’s spyware has been used to facilitate human rights violations around the world on a massive scale, according to a major investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets. These include heads of state, activists and journalists, including Jamal Khashoggi’s family. The Pegasus Project is a ground-breaking collaboration by more than 80 journalists from 17 media organizations in 10 countries coordinated by Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based media non-profit, with the technical support of Amnesty International, who conducted cutting- edge forensic tests on mobile phones to identify traces of the spyware. “The Pegasus Project lays bare how NSO’s spyware is a weapon of choice for repressive governments seeking to silence journalists, attack activists and crush dissent, placing countless lives in peril,” said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International. “These revelations blow apart any claims by NSO that such attacks are rare and dow...

I issued directives to security forces and  chief of defence forces on 15-May-2021 concerning torture. "This is to enlighten you on the use of torture on suspected criminals in the fight against crime. In traditional times torture was used and accepted. However traditionally these ideas had many mistakes, that is why those ideas should be abandoned. Is it clear that to torture in order to extract confessions you have 3 possible mistakes that may include torturing, one the wrong person, secondly someone can admit to a crime in order to avoid being tortured and the real criminal does not get arrested because you have gone off with the wrong target. Thirdly conffesions by criminals is not necessarily. These lazy security persons should simply bring the facts i.e DNA test, CCTV etc. Therefore the use of torture must not be used again. Evidence through torture is not reliable" 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 President, Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has dissolved the Flying Squad. The squad is the police force’s violent crime crack unit. The communication was sent through a radio message to all operatives indicating that Flying Squad had been disbanded, and it's no longer recognized among police units. Ochola first disbanded the unit on 8-May-2018 in his third month as IGP after taking over office from Gen Kale Kayihura. At the time, the unit under the leadership of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Herbert Muhangi had become infamous for participating in the reported torture of suspects. But Ochola later reversed the decision on the advice of the Policy Advisory Committee. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga now says the final fate of the squad will soon be communicated. Flying Squad Commander Senior Superintendent of Police Andrew Kaggwa was shocked to reach the office and found the personnel leaving. Kaggwa was directed to report to CID head offices in Naguru.

President Museveni has said Ugandans can exist very well without Facebook. He was speaking during the reception ceremony for Ugandan medallists are Kololo Independence Grounds on Wednesday. Museveni bragged about shutting down Facebook in Uganda, clarifying that the ban has not stopped ‘cows from being milked, bananas from being produced or fish from existing in the waters.’ “I shut up Facebook. So, I went and check the bananas…are they still yielding? Yes. I checked the cows, are they still being milked? Yes. So, we can live without Facebook,” Museveni concluded. F acebook ban. Museveni banned Facebook and other social media platforms in January 2021 as the country prepared to hold presidential elections. Addressing the nation in Kampala, Museveni accused Facebook of being arrogant. This came after Facebook closed the accounts of two Museveni supporters locally known as Bajjo and Full Figure over what it called misuse of their accounts. The closing of his supporters’ accounts did not ...

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas  – Remember the venomous West African Banded Cobra that  went missing in North Texas  last week? Well, it’s still on the loose and now, it is apparently taking to  Twitter  and  Facebook  to share its adventures as search efforts continue. The snake’s username is “Grand Prairie Cobra” and its Twitter bio reads, “Just a cobra visiting and seeing the sites of Grand Prairie and North Texas.” Granted, this social media account isn’t actually run by the snake, but the user behind it is getting creative with its Twitter posts. So much so that the snake’s profile has over 5,300 followers and counting. Whether it’s slithering through the grass or creeping on other critters, you’ll probably get a laugh as you scroll through the Tweets. According to Grand Prairie police, the snake went missing around 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 3. from a residence in the 1800 block of Cherry Street. Animal services, the owner of the snake, and a venomous snake ...