In part 1, we explored steps in conducting an investigation into any allegation. After securing the crime scene, you must take a witness statement or statements of witnesses at the crime scene or connected to it. Great investigators also take the statements of some people referred to by the first witnesses. Once again, a suspect or witness statement is NOT an interview. So do not confuse the two. You are typically writing down an account of what happened from the witnesses. This is a critical investigation step. You must have noticed that when you report a case to law enforcement…
You too can investigate, part 1
Investigating is always a challenging undertaking. That is why there are few investigators. You need all round skills to lead an investigation successfully. Every investigation is unique because the facts. You too can investigate, if you grasp two skills: (i) investigation strategy and (ii) rules of evidence. The latter is necessary because investigation is about affixing blame. Your investigation is not conclusive until you are able to ably answer all the questions well – who did what, where, when, how and why. An answer to each of these investigation questions require that you provide evidence to justify. If you don’t…
Tool #23 of 104 is be happy, Christ our Savior is Born!
Luke 2:10-11 but the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people. This very day in David’s town your Savior was born—Christ the Lord!” The Christmas holidays are upon us. This is the best time of the year to relax and be happy. Christ the Lord Our Savior was born on Christmas Day! The true joy of Christmas is to share and impact lives. Happiness is difficult to enjoy alone. These are special days for us all. It is not about feasting. It is about sharing and…
Your business is like a baby
Running a business is like a baby. It has got stages. At first the baby cannot crawl. They need a lot of care. Then, the baby starts by crawling. Then they walk, and finally they can look after themselves. The process takes over 10 years for the baby to be fully on their own. Why do you expect your SME to jump key stages? In the early stages of your business, it needs close supervision and monitoring. Look after it carefully. Give the business milk – invest in the business your personal time, ideas and energy. Get dirty and do…
Coping in a tough economy
Mustapha met one-on-one with Charles Bwogi of NTV Uganda on the economy. Charles is in bold, below: The Uganda Economy is said to be experiencing a downtime, how would you advise people to cope? Our Economists are yet to advise us of how the economy is fairing. But going by the facts on ground, it is tough: we’ve just had four public holidays. After a highly monetized election, that saw social media and mobile money censor. Economists estimate that action could have cost a lot of money to the economy! Now Brexit has happened upon us. Being a former colony…
Cyber security facts and fiction, issue 1
Issue: A lawyer in Uganda is said to be threatening Facebook for meta-data and user registration details of one TVO; who has made several allegations on his Facebook page. Fact: Want to know who posts what on Facebook? It’s not that easy. And Facebook won’t give you the details, as doing so could be in contradiction with their privacy policy, at compliance level and kill their business at a strategy level. People post too much private details on their pages with a ‘psychological contract’ that the cloud host (Facebook) will respect their privacy. Globally even when national security is at…
