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...
May/15TH /2019 Unwanted Witness has noticed a report done by CNN therein detailing how WhatsApp has been penetrated by hackers to the extent they could have access to its users’ phones. The most interestingly account of this report, is that WhatsApp which is an encrypted messaging service, owned by...
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...
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...
Unwanted Witness Conducts an Online (Facebook Live) debate to demystify Internet-based Violence against Women in Uganda.
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Unwanted Witness Conducts an Online (Facebook Live) debate to demystify Internet-based Violence against Women in Uganda.
Civil society organisation protests UCC online regulations
Activists Want Court to Prevail over UCC as Deadline to Register Online Broadcasters Nears
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