Annual Bankers’ Conference 2023 unveils strategies for digital resilience Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Cybersecurity has become a critical concern as digital transformation sweeps across Uganda’s banking landscape. The recently concluded Annual Bankers’ Conference 2023 provided a platform for industry leaders, experts, and stakeholders to deliberate on the escalating cybersecurity …
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Abbott and CERI join forces in the hunt for the next global viral threats caused by climate change Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to the impacts of climate change. The rise in temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns, and extreme weather events …
Read More »USA sees rise in intimidation of public officials
Washington, US | Xinhua | A nationwide rising wave of threats to public officials has sparked concern in the United States, a Reuters report said Tuesday. Reuters said it documented more than 220 terroristic threats and hostile messages through contacts and interviews with 33 board members across 15 U.S. states …
Read More »PM Nabbanja says she has been threatened
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has revealed she will soon brief President Yoweri Museveni about threats directed at her. Nabbanja made the revelation to journalists at parliament shortly after attending the Bunyoro Parliamentary Caucus on Friday. She said some unidentified people have alreaedy started threatening …
Read More »Gen. Muhoozi: Uganda facing increased foreign security threats
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Chief of the Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. David Muhoozi has said Uganda is facing eminent security threats from foreigners entering the country. General Muhoozi said the foreigners are coming into Uganda with small and light arms being used in urban crimes in the major …
Read More »VIDEO: Kasese MPs receive death threats
VIDEO: All the six members of Parliament hailing from Kasese district including the district Chairman and the Omusinga of Rwenzuru Charles Wesley Mumbere are now living in fear after getting death threats from unknown people. It is these threats that have forced the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanya to direct …
Read More »Gen Muntu to speak on Museveni’s threats
By Julius Odeke The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party boss Gen Mugisha Muntu will on Thursday address the press on the statements made by President Yoweri Museveni that the army would not allow the confusion in parliament to continue. Gen Muntu, the former army commander was elected into office …
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