Is your board effective? Good board processes and tools make an effective board. Boards add value before, during and after board meetings. Before: Do board members read the board packs? Are the board packs provided to board members in time? Are board packs adequately prepared and comprehensive for the board members to gain informed insights about the business? Board packs have different objectives: information, updates, decisions or resolutions, among others. Several board papers make a board pack. For each board paper, why is it included in the pack? Avoid giving information that is not relevant or which the board member…
Land valuation fraud: are you safe?
There is no country without land. It is for this reason; many countries do not allow any foreigner to own land. It makes sense that way: how can a government be in power without a territory it owns? In Uganda, the different land tenure systems mean several opportunities for rent-seekers and fraudsters to commit land fraud. In this article, part 1 of the series of articles on land fraud, we focus on land valuation fraud. What is fraud? The ‘intentional misrepresentation of a material fact, to cause again to one party and a loss to another’, is referred to as…
The modern warfare: are you safe?
Countries are winning war daily. Covertly through modern warfare: espionage and open source intelligence. Whereas espionage may involve deliberate effort to infiltrate another country, modern warfare has transformed how espionage is done. We are in the era of cyber warfare. In the past, winning a war was about numbers: how many headcounts of soldiers a country hard. How expensive and versatile its armoury was. And how well trained and battle-hardened her soldiers were. This is still important but not critical. It is increasingly clear; soldier’s headcount numbers are important for managing internal dissent as opposed to global enemies and warfare.…
