Inside 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...
Surveillance 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...
Tearing 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...
On state surveillance, right to privacy, the danger it poses to human dignity
That the right to privacy is joined at the hip with the concept of human dignity is a no-brainer. Human...
Big brother is watching: Surveillance in Uganda
On a clear day—and they are never in scant supply—there are panoramic views on this tree-speckled hill. In fact, tourists...
How state surveillance in Uganda has drilled final nail in due process’s coffin
In a 1789 letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Benjamin...
How have laws in Uganda been used to normalise use of surveillance tools?
It is the worst thing to experience; except you do not experience it at all. Well, at least first-hand. Not...
How enforced disappearances sustained by surveillance tactics in East Africa point to an authoritarian trajectory
The spectre of enforced disappearances continues to haunt the East African region and specifically Uganda, as terror networks hiding in...
Intrusive malware targeted powerful individuals in Uganda
Governments in East Africa have adopted Stalinist tactics fuelled by a Western-based surveillance industrial complex, which supplies intrusive malware targeting...
Habyarimana gov’t attempted to assassinate Museveni, reports
A secret document leaked by Rwanda’s state-owned English newspaper, The New Times, has conveyed the scale of sabre-rattling by Kigali...
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Fred Rwigyema: In Memoriam- Part One : The making of Maj Gen Rwigyema
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On the management and impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda
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Kenya and Uganda’s Gen Z: A tale of New Wine in New Bottles
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Fred Rwigyema: In Memoriam- Part 3: Why Rwigyema’s death was kept secret
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Muhoozi recoups UGX 2 trillion from the corrupt
