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...
Uganda government’s taxing syndrome has hit social media users with an introduction of a daily levy of UGX 200 an equivalent of $0.05 to all users of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Viber and WhatsApp among others. The tax proposal was endorsed on May 30, 2018 by...
Innovation Initiative By Civil Rights Defenders May 17 Meet our partner; Unwanted Witness Uganda, located mid-east on the African continent, boasts a population of over 40 million people. Over a third of its citizens are online. “Internet has become an important part of many people’s lives, providing not only access...
INTRODUCTION The Ugandan government is one of the several countries in Africa, which has vocally sought to respond to the perceived rise in terror threats in the region, by enacting anti-terror legislations in recent years, along with Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tunisia. In 2002 Uganda enacted an...
INTRODUCTION The Uganda government through its agencies has for years focused on curtailing expression platforms such as assemblies and the traditional media spaces, as documented by Human Rights Watch report in 2015. As a result, citizens are shifting to the online space to express themselves, particularly using Internet enabled...
During early years of internet penetration in Uganda, many if not all Ugandans who had access to the internet by then utilized the internet majorly to connect with friends and family on socialize matters. The trend continued with the introduction of mobile networks on to the market, enabling users...
Government of Uganda must respect human rights in the use of Surveillance technologies to fight Coronavirus, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
Internet Barriers constrain the work of Uganda HRDs amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19: Uganda Internet Service Providers join the battle, but key concerns remain
Biometric users must protect people from COVID-19 virus.
Government of Uganda must respect human rights in the use of Surveillance technologies to fight Coronavirus, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
Internet Barriers constrain the work of Uganda HRDs amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
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