Technology

Museveni’s conditions before allowing Facebook to operate in Uganda after elections

President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has confirmed that his government blocked access to social media channels, including Facebook, days to…

4 years ago

UCC speaks out on claims of blocking internet ahead of elections, says slow internet due to increase in traffic

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has denied blocking access to internet channels ahead of January 14 elections. A day to elections,…

4 years ago

Uganda internet users report blocked Facebook access via Airtel and MTN ahead of elections

Just a day to Uganda's January 14 elections, users accessing the internet via MTN and Airtel Uganda networks have reported…

4 years ago

Facebook breaks silence on blocked anti-Bobi Wine accounts

Social media giant Facebook claims it blocked several pro-government Ugandan accounts over Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour (CIB) ahead of January 14…

4 years ago

Museveni minister reports Facebook, Twitter to International Telecommunication Union for blocking anti-Bobi Wine accounts

Gender, labour and social development minister Frank Tumwebaze has petitioned Houlin Zhao, the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union…

4 years ago

Drama as Ronald Mayinja spills secrets of his deals with Museveni before locking female journalist in his home, grabbing her phone to delete interview recording

There was drama in Munyonyo in Kampala on January 07 as singer Ronald Mayinja grabbed The Observer journalist Yudaya Nangonzi's…

4 years ago

Health ministry finally speaks out on multi-billion Covid19 scandals – including Minister Kutesa daughters’ oxygen plants ‘bonanza’

Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has offered a detailed defence of the expenditure of funds released for Covid19 after a…

4 years ago

Here are the Pro-Bobi Wine pages, YouTube channels UCC wants Google, Facebook to ban for being national security threat, fueling protests

Communications regulator Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has written to Google and Facebook demanding the blocking of about 14 YouTube channels…

4 years ago

Former NITA-U ED Saaka is dead

James Saaka, the former executive director of the National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U), is dead. Initial reports indicate Saaka succumbed…

4 years ago

Strictly for Chinese! Museveni okays importation of 4000 Covid19 vaccine doses for Chinese investors, their families in Kapeeka

President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has granted a request by the Chinese Community of Investors in Kapeeka Industrial Park to…

4 years ago