The making of evil twins: When torture, intrusive software become bedfellows
The cache of classified documents spans 55 pages, and in its transparency makes numerous inadvertent revelations about how the cellphone...
Firms whose extraction tools were used to breach my phone have blood on their hands
BY KAKWENZA RUKIRABASHAIJA African governments break the law against their own citizens and file the paperwork under the guise of...
The surveillance iron curtain descends on East Africa
The transnational security and surveillance doctrine adopted by authoritarian states in the East African bloc has gutted civil liberties, the...
Surveillance: Hello from the other side
The social appropriation of spyware in Uganda is best framed through the lens of mobile communications. This, perhaps, explains why,...
Nobody came to our rescue: Pain and Anguish in the Albertine
The rural area of Kapaapi has turned into a crucible of violence after 1,000 families, displaced from seven villages located...
From spy tech to army in the parks: Inside Uganda’s militarised conservation state
Every Wednesday and Thursday, Uganda’s specially constituted wildlife crimes court comes alive with activity. Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu, or two...
Biometric 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...
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...
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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
