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Enforcement: The Hidden Cost of Uganda’s Silverfish Ban
A deafening silence envelops Kabaganja Island, Buvuma District, on Lake Victoria. The rickety canoes that crisscrossed the choppy waters across...
Read moreDetailsMuhoozi recoups UGX 2 trillion from the corrupt
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has revealed that his efforts to stamp out graft in the Defence...
Read moreDetailsBiometric Digital Identity: The good, the bad, and everything in between
When the FinFisher suite of spy software first came to light in Uganda after activists were targeted with it between 2011 and...
Read moreDetailsInside Uganda’s deals with spyware vendors
Uganda’s security agencies are amongst the most active purchasers of spyware across the global murky world of surveillance. Specifically, the...
Read moreDetailsSurveillance under Idi Amin: The Anatomy of State Terror
The reign of terror under Idi Amin left thousands of Ugandans killed in a methodical and capricious manner led by...
Read moreDetailsTearing the veil: How surveillance states are keen to play ‘godly’ role
It was during Father’s Day of 2016 when Tom Voltaire Okwalinga shared a moment with his Facebook audience that felt...
Read moreDetailsMOSIP Create 2026 Showcases Innovative Digital Identity Solutions
The second edition of the MOSIP Create initiative has successfully concluded, spotlighting innovative, market-ready solutions that leverage digital identity to improve access,...
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Title inflation eating off South Sudan’s institutional integrity
The increasing prevalence of inflated official titles and positions raises significant concerns regarding institutional integrity and effectiveness. An expanding number of individuals are assigned...
Read moreDetailsBattle for Africa’s rare earth minerals begins in earnest
The message from Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, the Ivorian Minister of Mines, Petroleum, and Energy, could not have take on a more bolder tone after...
Read moreDetailsGame of thrones: No love lost as the Tooro succession battle takes shape
No vignette best encapsulates and humanises the pacifist stance that Tooro’s fallen monarch Oyo Rukidi IV held as his reaction to a rugby tackle...
Read moreDetailsHow spyware operates outside confines of the law in Uganda
The East African bloc is in the throes of a surveillance panopticon, which is antithetical to democratic values and imposes a curtain of restrictions on freedoms,...
Read moreDetailsHow elections in East Africa and intrusive malware ended up being joined at the hip
The 13 August 2026 X (formerly Twitter) post was sparing in the use of words. Notwithstanding, it was a marvel of saying too much without saying...
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