Osuta Yusuf

https://theinformersdotcom.wordpress.com/2021/12/19/how-i-lost-hope-in-national-id/ It was during the chaotic 2018 Arua Municipality MP by-election period when i lost my national ID. All my efforts to trace it were futile! I lost interest in recovering it and i was planning to renew it. Yesterday 18-12-2021 as i was from shaving my hair, i met a lady from my village. I stopped to greet her and i asked where she is staying! She told me, she stays at Arua Primary with her Aunt. There was another lady she was going together with to the market! She then called the lady to come greet me! She introduced me to her as “This is the Guy whose National ID is there at home in Arua primary “. I was shocked! I asked her, is this true! She said it’s real my National ID was found by her Aunt back in 2018. We planned to meet today for the delivery, and indeed she has delivered it to me now. Early this morning, the first thing i had to do when i went to church, was to give testimony in church about my N...

1. His arrest comes at the hills of him singing praises at President Museveni / NRM Government. And indeed, no matter how politically coloured / supportive or patriotic oneself is, it doesn’t make them immune to arrests and above the law whenever they are wrong! Lesson learnt! 2. Much as the crime Matua was arrested of is condemnable, it shouldn’t be justification to curtail his freedom beyond constitutional rights! 3. Mr Matua who is an NRM Blogger under incarceration today, will be the same Matua they will need tomorrow as a Blogger to cleanse and defend their name / party in case anything goes wrong! That is why i urge NRM, which is the party in Government to weigh in on his fate no matter the type of case he is charged of at CMI headquarters. #DISCLAIMER . These are my personal opinions and views alone. They are not in anyway affiliated with or in the interest of any politician or any organization or any political party or any individual or any company or any foreign entity i may b...

THE EMPLOYER PRETENDS TO NEED A DEGREE; THE EMPLOYEE PRETENDS TO HAVE ONE. by Swaleh Harunah. Credentialism is a reliance on formal qualifications or certifications to determine whether someone is permitted to undertake a task, speak as an expert or work in a certain field. It has also been defined as "excessive reliance on credentials, especially academic degrees, in determining hiring or promotion policies.". Many Ugandan so called journalists report dog bites when in Kenya and elsewhere, journalists report when some one bites a dog. Hope you get the difference.  Only in Uganda, you shortlist an applicant who has a bachelors degree,  a diploma in some thing, has MBA and ACCA plus CPA with several certificates. He also lectures part time etc.  At the end of the interview you wonder if the guy is like you have now known beyond the papers, how about those he teaches? How will his students be?  That is when you will understand the societal impact of the new Ugandan dis...

The Democratic Party (DP) President, Norbert Mao,  has this Saturday afternoon lashed at National Unity Platform (NUP), saying the leader of Opposition in Parliament was a beneficiary of former IGP Gen Kale Kayihura’s largesse. “Your current Leader of Opposition was on Kayihura’s fuel list,” alleged Mao in a heated exchange with NUP supporters on Twitter.   “I’ll fearlessly speak the truth about those who tell lies about me. Be warned. I’m loading a nuclear warhead,” he added. Kayihura, who served as IGP for almost ten years, had infiltrated the opposition parties to the core to the extent that most of the President’s harshest critics picked money from his office and fuel from police.  Mao did not provide evidence to back up his claims. Mpuuga was not readily available for comment.  It all started with Mao calling for a united opposition front to challenge Museveni’s hold onto power.     “For decades I have preached principled unity to deal with Musevenism ...

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  Beautiful Nadia Kabahiita is known for parading her nearly perfect life on social media.  But her marriage might end soon after she was caught cheating on her hubby, Yasser Matovu. Going by a video doing rounds online, Nadia was caught red-handed with another man identified as Raymond Kahuma, in a hotel room. In the video, Nadia is seen wearing a bathrobe, clearly having a great time with Raymond.  The video is said to have been recorded by a team of spies hired by Yasser Matovu who had long suspected that his wife was having extramarital affairs. The spies had been following Nadia for some time and gathered every inch of evidence that they fed to the hubby. Backed with evidence, he confronted his wife who couldn’t deny her actions.  Meetings are being held within the family to save the marriage.  Nadia, it is said, is devastated by the whole situation, and to deal with it, she is keeping to herself. She also took down her Instagram account as one way of deali...

Industrial and government organizations, including enterprises in the military-industrial complex and research laboratories, are the targets of a new malware botnet dubbed PseudoManyscrypt that has infected roughly 35,000 Windows computers this year alone. The name comes from its similarities to the Manuscrypt malware, which is part of the Lazarus APT group's attack toolset, Kaspersky researchers said, characterizing the operation as a "mass-scale spyware attack campaign." The Russian cybersecurity company said it first detected the series of intrusions in June 2021. At least 7.2% of all computers attacked by the malware are part of industrial control systems (ICS) used by organizations in engineering, building automation, energy, manufacturing, construction, utilities, and water management sectors that are located mainly in India, Vietnam, and Russia. Approximately a third (29.4%) of non-ICS computers are situated in Russia (10.1%), India (10%), and Brazil (9.3%). "...

Kayihura, who is a qualified lawyer is on the list of 20 others who seek to become legal advocates in different courts of law in the country. Accordingly, the former IGP was approved during the law council meeting on 10th November 2021 at 10:00 am. The Law Council is mandated  to act as the overall regulatory authority for the entire legal professional and legal aid service providers in Uganda but also inspects law chambers and issues a certificate of approval of the chamber that conforms to the required standards . Analysts say the latest is one of the indicators of the woes that the former police chief and Museveni’s blue-eyed boy  has faced since been dropped as IGP in 2018 and the subsequent charges against him in the army court that he is still battling. Many say, these have forced him to retreat to his legal profession but it remains to be seen if he could be allowed to practice , provided the ongoing case in the army court. Earlier this week, the Commander of Land Force...

via IFTTT Read more in this 👉  https://ift.tt/2p4v2Kp  website. Woman Collapses Dead After Her Wedding. Subscribe on channel 👉  https://youtube.com/shorts/q7i1EFodFlQ A newly wedded bride, who went into coma after a procedure for birth control at Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Clinic Bukoto in Kampala, has died. Ms Joan Namutebi died at night, Kampala Metropolitan Police and Criminal Investigations Directorate officers confirmed. Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman, Mr Luke Owoyesigyire said "the deceased's body has been taken to Kampala Capital City Authority mortuary for a post mortem". Namutebi wedded Mr Derrick Wabwire last Friday and went for a birth control procedure on Saturday. She developed pain after the procedure and fainted. Medics later took her to Victoria Hospital where she has been on life support. The incident led to police intervention and arrest of four workers of Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Clinic on offence...

Meta Platforms on Thursday revealed it took steps to deplatform seven cyber mercenaries that it said carried out "indiscriminate" targeting of journalists, dissidents, critics of authoritarian regimes, families of opposition, and human rights activists located in over 100 countries, amid mounting scrutiny of surveillance technologies. To that end, the company said it alerted 50,000 users of Facebook and Instagram that their accounts were spied on by the companies, who offer a variety of services that run the spyware gamut from hacking tools for infiltrating mobile phones to creating fake social media accounts to monitor targets. It also removed 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to these firms. Four of the cyber mercenary enterprises — Cobwebs Technologies, Cognyte, Black Cube, and Bluehawk CI — are based in Israel. Also included in the list is an Indian company known as BellTroX, a North Macedonian named Cytrox, and an unknown entity operating out of China that...

What you must know; At first  they Asked for a Position in Parliament and now they are requesting to be Recognized as a Tribe in Uganda. Indians in Uganda through their community have told president Museveni to advocate for their inclusion in the Ugandan Constitution as one of the local tribes in the country. Speaking on behalf of the Indian Community, the Chairman of the Indian Association in Uganda Mohan Rao said without a tribe, they have no guarantee of their nationality since most of them have been born in Uganda and have raised their families here. “Without the Tribe Sir, our children have no guarantee of nationality. It is absurd but true that even if we are Ugandans and our children are born and educated in Uganda, they are not considered citizens of Uganda, which would not be the case if they belonged to a constitutionally recognized tribe. If they work for Multinational corporations and give birth to children outside Uganda, those children are also not considered Ugandan,...

Today Hon Feta Geofrey delivered 10,000 litres of water to Munir Mosque at Ociba Coast to support them in their Brick laying project which is intended to renovate the Mosque.  This is one of the oldest Mosques in Ayivu. The Chairperson Formation Board and his team thanked the Legislator so much for his corporate responsibility and quotioned his followers not to depend so much on their leaders but rather come together. United we stand and divided we fall. He ended up with Insahallah.  PS HON FETA GEOFREY MP AYIVU EAST +256772784336

https://theinformersdotcom.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/prisoners-perish-in-accident-on-the-way-to-work/ In Lwengo District, two prisoners were killed in a motor accident. What happened, in short, is this: they were 8 prisoners were stuffed into a Wish and they were being taken to work somewhere. The driver decided to overtake a trailer in a corner and lost control and the accident occurred. It turns out one of the two dead prisoners was on remand waiting for his trial. We have decided to say a few things about the rights of prisoners. Who is a remanded Prisoner? The law (prisons act) says that if a person is taken to prison but has not been sentenced yet, or is waiting for his/her court trial, then this person is said to be on remand. This person is supposed to be treated as innocent until the trial against them is concluded and they are found guilty and convicted. Transportation of prisoners There are authorised vehicles that belong to prisons. However, sometimes a non-official vehicle m...

  Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, has announced that it's expanding its bug bounty program to start rewarding valid reports of scraping vulnerabilities across its platforms as well as include reports of scraping data sets that are available online. "We know that automated activity designed to scrape people's public and private data targets every website or service," said Dan Gurfinkel, security engineering manager at Meta. "We also know that it is a highly adversarial space where scrapers — be it malicious apps, websites or scripts — constantly adapt their tactics to evade detection in response to the defenses we build and improve." Automatic GitHub Backups To that end, the social media giant aims to monetarily compensate for valid reports of scraping bugs in its service and identify unprotected or openly public databases containing no less than 100,000 unique Facebook user records with personally identifiable information (PII) such a...

Voting at three polling stations has this morning been halted after residents protested the exercise over alleged ballot stuffing.  Voting was halted at polling stations of Kyato-Mwoloola, Nakyesanja at Kayonza sub county and Seeta-Nyiize in Kangulumira sub county. At Nakyesanja and Kyato, each presiding officer was seen at the polling stations alone with boxes stuffed with over 100 ballot papers ticked in favour of Andrew Muwonge, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate. At Kangulumira specifically Nakyesanja polling station, the box was stuffed with over 462 ballot papers before even the bio-metric machine was brought to the station. The residents protested, saying they were boycotting the election. Police and the army have cordoned off the stations to prevent further chaos, with the presiding officers placed under heavy protection. John Mpiima a voter at Seeta says the exercise should stop since they cannot trust the election officials anymore. Dr Tanga Odoi, who is mon...

Apple on Monday released updates to iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS with security patches for multiple vulnerabilities, including a remote jailbreak exploit chain as well as a number of critical issues in the Kernel and Safari web browser that were first demonstrated at the Tianfu Cup held in China two months ago. Tracked as CVE-2021-30955, the issue could have enabled a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple said it addressed the race condition bug with "improved state handling." The flaw also impacts macOS devices. "The kernel bug CVE-2021-30955 is the one we tried [to] use to build our remote jailbreak chain but failed to complete on time," Kunlun Lab's chief executive, @mj0011sec, said in a tweet. A set of similar kernel vulnerabilities were eventually harnessed by the Pangu Team at the Tianfu hacking contest to break into an iPhone13 Pro running iOS 15, a feat that netted the white hat hackers $330,000 in cash rewards. B...

https://theinformersdotcom.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/a-24-year-old-female-trainee-pilot-rescued-by-locals-after-the-aircraft-she-was-flying-crash-landed-in-a-swamp-in-pallisa-district/ Statement on the crash landing incident in Pallisa District  The Police in Pallisa, is actively investigating an aircraft accident, which occurred on the 15.12.2021, at around 8.30am, at Nyakiwa swamp, Ochulia village, Opete parish, Obutete subcounty, in Pallisa District.  The Aircraft that belongs to the East African Aviation school, was on a school flight program, by Mercy Mulayi, a 24-year-old, cadet pilot, who was forced to make a crash landing in the swamp. She suffered serious injuries as a result of the accident and was evaluated to the Pallisa General Hospital for medical attention. She's out of danger and we wish her a  quick recovery.  The exact cause of the accident is not yet established, but a joint team of experts from the Ministry of Works and Transport, Civil Aviation Au...

The management of the cargo / bus company, through this online publication has clarified on propaganda spread by some luggage loaders (bolokas) at Arua Park Kampala. The loaders while scrambling for customers for the different bus companies in WestNile, claim Buses of California Company are not operational. The management here by wishes to clarify that, they are operating on daily basis, their offices in Kampala, in Arua and other Offices along the bus stages are functional. They have urged their esteemed customers to continue with their cooperation in working / traveling with the Bus Company. Meanwhile, here are the departure programs of their buses that ply Kampala - Arua routes everyday; 8am, 10am and 11:30. Telephone number of Arua Office   +256758948750 Telephone number of Kampala Office   +256758948766 #California #Bus; #Speaking #Transport #Language . #Travel_with_California_Bus #Arua #osutayusuf

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COPIED. There is a Museum on the island of Lampedusa in Italy where the bags of Africans who died while trying to cross the Mediterranean sea are collected and showcase😭😭😭. At the entrance of the museum is Written, "Every bag has a story.

While launching the programme last Friday, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja advised residents to establish industries to promote import substitution. Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) says it has started connecting electricity generated from Isimba Hydro Power Station to 40 villages in Kayunga District. The villages include Kusana,Bukolwa, Sababu, Bugobero, Masembe, Lusenke-Farm, Namusaala I and II, Namatogonya, Nabuganyi, Kiyuya, Nekoyede, Kyengera.  Others are Kayonnjoa, Kibuzi, Bakuta, Bunzibirinde, Kyengera, Busunsuli, Kiziika(Bukungulu), Nampanyi, Nakakandwa, Bugadhu Pallisa, Buyuki, Kisagazi, Kiteredde, Wabigwo, Namatoonya, Nalumuli, Nalyamabidde, Gaaza, Nawandagala, Kyampisi,Nakaziba, Kisombya. 📸 Source; Daily Monitor.

The Police in Wakiso have today at about 10 am at Buloba check point impounded motorvehicle UG 6495 M (Box body) for carrying construction materials. This was after the police recieved a tip-off from the office of the IGG . The car is currently parked at Buloba Police as investigations continue into the allegations of abuse of office. One person identified as Kugonza Geofrey, the driver of the motor vehicle, has been arrested. ASP LUKE OWOYESIGYIRE  DEPUTY PRO KMP

  The United States of America (USA) has issued a level III security alert, urging all its nationals to reconsider travel to Uganda over security related threats. Level III, is the orange and second highest threat alert. In a statement dated December 8, 2021 that was issued on the official US Embassy in Uganda website, the US said that all its nationals should “reconsider travel to Uganda due to crime and terrorism.” “Terrorist groups active in Uganda have claimed responsibility for recent bombings in and near Kampala. While the attacks do not appear to have targeted foreigners, anyone can be a victim of acts of violence,” the advisory stated. The statement noted that violent crime, such as armed robbery, home invasion, and sexual assault, can occur at any time, especially in larger cities including Kampala and Entebbe. “Local police may lack appropriate resources to respond effectively to serious crime,” the statement reads in part. The travel advisory was issued just hours after ...

 2021 Has Been a Year With Full of Unfolding Events in WestNile Region - Uganda. #Episode_One; In-fighting. #Terego District. Dear Westnilers, how far is the progress on the petition to Minsitry of Public Service over the appointment of statesman Harold Acema to Terego District service commission board?. Harold Acema, a graduate of; Makerere University, Oxford University and University of Toronto in Canada is petitioned  at Mininstry of Public Service on grounds of Lack of Academic papers! 😁😀😂 By virtue, the petition has put intellectual Acema’s vetting and approval on “Hault”. No matter the criteria that was used by the petitioners to arrive to this kind laughable petition, i think the whole thing was filed in a bad faith and such kinds of petitions might have been influenced by some individuals on hidden motives. Why have i said this!. When Terego District was given the District status and to start fully functioning in year 2020, a one experienced Doctor called Dr Allan ...

Threat actors are actively weaponizing unpatched servers affected by the newly disclosed "Log4Shell" vulnerability in Log4j to install cryptocurrency miners, Cobalt Strike, and recruit the devices into a botnet, even as telemetry signs point to exploitation of the flaw nine days before it even came to light. Netlab, the networking security division of Chinese tech giant Qihoo 360, disclosed threats such as Mirai and Muhstik (aka Tsunami) are setting their sights on vulnerable systems to spread the infection and grow its computing power to orchestrate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with the goal of overwhelming a target and rendering it unusable. Muhstik was previously spotted exploiting a critical security flaw in Atlassian Confluence (CVE-2021-26084, CVSS score: 9.8) earlier this September. The latest development comes as it has emerged that the vulnerability has been under attack for at least more than a week prior to its public disclosure on December 10, and ...

  President Yoweri Museveni has appointed and dropped ambassadors in a reshuffle he announced on Sunday. According to the statement issued by State House, President Yoweri Museveni has dropped the former Defence minister Dr Crispus Kiyonga from his earlier position as Uganda’s ambassador to Beijing. He has been replaced by Oliver Wonekha who has been the country’s representative to Rwanda. Uganda’s new ambassador to Rwanda is Maj Gen (Rtd) Robert Rusoke who retired from the army this year. He was also the head of Covid-19 national security team. In other changes, Uganda’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Richard Kabonero has been dropped and not reappointed. He recently had a quarrel and accused Uganda’s Special Representative to New York, Adonia Ayebare of interfering with the work of other ambassadors in their countries’ of operation. Kabonero has been replaced by the former Nyabushozi MP Col Fred Mwesigye. According to the changes, the former MP Paul Amoru is now Uganda’s Ambassador to P...

Earlier this year, Apple introduced its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature as part of iOS 14.5. The company first announced this privacy-focused addition last year, during WWDC20. ATT gives users the option to decide whether they want apps to track them across other apps and websites for tailored advertisements. By toggling it off, app developers aren’t allowed to request from users to turn it on or offer them perks for doing so. However, a report shares that services like Facebook and Snapchat are still tracking iOS users who have opted out, thanks to a loophole in Apple’s guidelines. As the Financial Times reports, some services like Facebook and Snapchat have found creative ways to track iPhone users. The loophole in Apple’s guidelines allows developers to do so, even if users disable tracking in settings. The report states that it’s “an unacknowledged shift that lets companies follow a much looser interpretation of its controversial privacy policy.” The guidelines mention that...