This year portends to be one of vulnerability. To be sure that you are on top of this, keep visiting http://cve.mitre.org/ and www.securityfocus.com. These sites provide reports about publicly known information on security vulnerabilities and exposures. The Heartbleed vulnerability was discovered on 7th April 2014. I have found www.securityfocus.com and must use resources during my over 6 years of computer security, fraud examination and forensics. You will surely find something new, in an easy to follow format. Today, I received several warnings from my five different service providers. The one from GeoTrust stood out. And below is the warning in full. If you use any…
Storms destroy plantations and homes.
The last three weeks have seen heavy storms destroy parts of eastern region of Uganda which include Mukono, Namutumba, Kibale and Kaboong. Over 40 families in Mukono where left homeless after the Monday (7th April 2014) morning down pour, which left many people hospitalized with severe injuries which is no different in Butaleja, Kibale and Namutumba. The Butaleja LC5 chairperson said he had already communicated with Office of the Prime Minister for relief items. However, according to the district disaster assessment reports from these districts, no relief support had yet been delivered to these areas. The much awaited rain has done…
Free Airtime to Government Programs directive is unfortunate for Uganda’s economy
The Ministry of Information and National Guidance Hon. Rose Namayanja Nsereko, issued a directive during the national broadcasting forum held at the Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala on March 18, 2014 requiring thus: “Each Radio and/or TV Station must allocate at least one (1) hour of free airtime every week during primetime (6:00 am -10.00am) or 5:00pm to 10:00m).” To that effect, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has run a quarter page public notice in The New Vision of 7th April 2014 (see front photo) requiring all Radio and TV stations to identify the specific hour of the week they have designated…
Global Fund scam, former DFCU Bank officials implicated
Two former bosses of DFCU bank were yesterday charged before the anti –corruption court chief magistrate. The two, Robert Kantuntu former managing director and Godfrey Lule the banks former head of treasury both denied the charges and where released on Ugx. 3 million cash bail each. Godfrey is alleged to have frauduately directed DFCU staff to exchange Global Fund money into local currency at inflated foreign exchange rates on several occasions. For instance, in April 2004, prosecution alleges that he converted US $1 million at Ugx. 1920 each which was higher than the normal rate of Ugx. 1,908 per dollar…
March records inflation rise in food prices
Uganda consumer prices rose by 0.3% in March 2014 due to rise in food prices. The director macro economic statistics, Uganda Bureau Of Statistics (UBOS) Mr. Chris Ndatira Mukiza, attributed the increase in prices to the reduced supply of agricultural products to markets owing to the prolonged dry spell experienced in most parts of the country in the past few months. Food prices rised by 12.7% in March compared to 11% in the previous month with the highest increase being in fruits and vegetable prices which rely on the rain to thrive. As long as Uganda continues to rely on…
Prof. A. B. Kasozi agrees with my views on the quality of today’s PhDs
The increasing number of PhD holders is a cause of concern. In Uganda, one of the causes of the problems seems to stem from the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) standard capacity indicators of a good higher institution of learning. To get better rankings, universities with most PhD holders as lecturers seem to be given more respect, regardless of the quality of the people holding the degrees. As explained by Prof. A. B. Kasozi, in today’s New Vision (April 2nd, 2014) page 19, “in Uganda, PhD holders in 2011 were only 914 (15%) out of a staff of 6,174…
