It is now approximately 305 days since former Makerere University researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi was detention at Luzira prison for a Facebook post that was deemed offensive to the person of President Yoweri Museveni. It is the first cyber criminal offence in Uganda to undergo full trial for allegedly...
The 23-year-old Janet is a mother of two children and operates a mobile phone shop in Uganda’s capital, Kampala for a living. As a sole breadwinner, Janet (using the first name to protect her anonymity) works hard to pay school fees for her firstborn as well as contributing to...
Evangelist Joseph Kabuleta’s incarceration for allegedly insulting members of the family once more reminded Ugandans of a legislation that is an existential threat to freedoms of speech and expression- The Computer Misuse Act. The law has been on Uganda’s statute books since 2011. Case after case have been brought...
By Richard Walusimbi While Chinese telecom giant Huawei is being crippled by the Donald Trump administration, in Uganda and generally most parts of Africa, it’s entrenching it’s self-further without any deterrence. Despite protests, the US insists that Huawei, the number two smartphone brand, is a security risk. Trump’s...
As things stand now at least every major road in Uganda’s capital Kampala has a CCTV camera installed. The system that controls all these camera is manned by a police force which has been frequently accused by citizens of clamping down on dissent. Government argues that the system is...
DERRICK KIYONGA The video conferencing system between Buganda Road court and Luzira maximum prison was on Monday in a grandeur ceremony. Bart Katureebe, the Chief Justice, showed how he is still focused on his ambitious agenda: transforming the judiciary via ICT. This effort is a follow up of what...
It’s approximately seven months ever since Uganda launched its multi-billion facial recognition surveillance system but generally women don’t feel comfortable with the system which was instituted at least in theory to stem urban crime. From catalogue of interviews Unwanted Witness has conducted with ordinary women and others in civil...
When the Ugandan government was introducing social media tax last year, it had two intentions as laid out by President Museveni: to curtail freedom of speech, which he framed as “gossip”, and also adding revenues to supposedly boost the ailing economy. Seven months after the tax came into force...
The unbridled collection and retention of personal data in Uganda’s telecommunication sector began in 2013 with the mandatory SIM Card registration process. Same data was later merged with data that was collected under the National Identity Card system in early 2018. These processes deposited large volumes of subscribers’ personal...
The internet has become part of our lives and communication could not be any easier in this information driven era. For the 13 million internet users in Uganda, not a day goes by without liking something on Facebook, sending an email or chatting on WhatsApp. Internet has made it...
CONVICTED: Stella Nyanzi’s 305 days of Sacrificing for Internet Freedom
Open Letter to the Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of UgandaDiscriminated by the Digital Identity Ecosystem.
News Brief: Social Media policing: Professional body orders Human Rights Lawyer to remove Facebook post.
News Brief: Computer Misuse Petition is set for final hearing.
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