By Muyomba Lawrence In the wake to control the spread of COVID-19, the Electoral Commission (EC) issued a revised road map to the 2021 elections banning physical mass campaigns shifting them to media and online spaces ignoring the unprecedented and unforeseen challenges. Of 45,741,007 million people in Uganda, 74.3% ...
A new report has called for better laws to police aggressive forms of phone tapping, saying this would preserve the privacy of users. Telecom companies in Uganda are increasingly growing their mobile data consumers as a source of huge revenue. Revenue from mobile data is growing at a faster...
During the first few months of the outbreak, governments around the world focused on managing the spread of COVID-19 misinformation, relying on stringent transmission control measures. With the Internet providing a lifeline in public and private space to access critical information, the criminalization of information false or true over...
By UW Team Human Rights Defenders in Uganda are not exceptional, amidst the health crisis and subsequent containment measures, the Internet has become the lifeline to the work of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) currently working from home. Many have swiftly embraced digital tools to conduct meetings, advocacy, and campaigns...
By Lawrence Muyomba At least by April 2, 180 countries globally have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus since it emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December last year. The number of countries and infections keeps changing rapidly, which has forced the World Health Organization...
The World Health Organization and state authorities are encouraging frequent hand washing and practicing social distancing, among other preventive measures societies needed to contain the spread of coronavirus. In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni banned common community practices of hugging and handshaking, stressing frequent hand washing using water and soap,...
By Florence Nabukeera On 2nd March 2020, a six-member delegation from Unwanted Witness constituting two aggrieved citizens, excluded by the National ID system met the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga at parliament. The purpose of the visit was to share Unwanted Witness’s preliminary report entitled Uganda’s Digital...
An Open Letter To Google Dear Mr. Pichai,We, the undersigned, agree with you: privacy cannot be a luxury offered only to those people who can afford it. And yet, Android Partners – who use the Android trademark and branding – are manufacturing devices that contain pre-installed apps that cannot...
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...
COVID 19 & Elections: Digital Political Campaigns Exclude handicapped Electorates in UgandaPhone tapping could dampen internet growth – Report
COVID-19: Exposing the hollowness in Uganda’s legal regime towards misinformation management
Surveillance is Prejudicial to Uganda’s Democracy, says Unwanted Witness Report.
Government of Uganda must respect human rights in the use of Surveillance technologies to fight Coronavirus, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
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