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  We must recognise that cybersecurity is about more than preventing hacks and about improving well-being COMMENT | MARTIN IGNACIO DÍAZ VELÁSQUEZ | When we talk about cybersecurity, we usually think of commercial antivirus software, ransomware attacks on large corporations, or leaks of politically scandalous emails. But little is said …

COMMENT | NTUUYO |  I have read Kabaka Ronald Mutebi’s comments about coffee at his coronation anniversary in July, and what should be done, and I respect his opinions. I will share what I observed while growing up. By 1967, I was a Primary 3 pupil. I attended a school located …

  COMMENT | ROBERT KABUSHENGA | The current coffee debate started in December 2019 with the controversial Bill that later became law. Since then, some of us who are active in different parts of the value chain have been exchanging ideas on what can be done. I am going to share …

Transition from Electroplating to Hot Dip Galvanization technology for steel wires hurts industry COMMENT | SOLOMON A. MUTAGAYA | The East African Standards are prepared by the East African Standards Committee (EASC) that was established in accordance with the East African Community Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act., 2006. …

Here’s why, and how to fix what is driving it up based on what is being experienced in Kenya COMMENT | XN IRAKI | Inflation has hit many countries recently, from the United States to Sri Lanka. In Kenya, too, the rising prices of basic commodities have left most citizens …

COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco |  I recently passed by Quality shopping mall in Naalya close to the peak shopping hours to pick up a few items on my way home. The queues were growing longer, reason being that out of the many tills, only two were operating with the …

  COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extraction of organs or tissues, including for surrogacy and ova removal. Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. Human trafficking …

COMMENT |  DEREK NSEKO  |  The global travel industry is roaring back in 2022. Despite some pockets of severe COVID-19 related restrictions and mounting economic pressures resulting from a skyrocketing oil price, travel has been resilient in its efforts for a comeback this year. People simply want to travel again and …

There appears to be an identity crisis over attempts to turn it into a platform for Chinese and Russian interests COMMENT | SHASHI THAROOR | The recent virtual BRICS summit, which brought together the heads of state and government of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, was interesting as …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  As of 14th July  2022, fuel pump prices were racing towards a record sh7,000 per litre in Kampala as the fear of disruption to the supply of fuel increased across the country. The timing could not have been worse for the architects of the Parish Development …