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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Resident of Arua have raised concerns about the state of Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) installed in the city amidst rising theft cases. They say that the number of unresolved street crimes indicate that the cameras may not be operating as expected. The installed …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya and Huawei on Friday signed an agreement to boost the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capacity in the country. Joe Mucheru, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs said in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, that under the agreement, a total …

AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA |  In my last article last month Preparing for Air travel, we talked about the initial preparatory steps for air travel. I now wind up with a second segment on the same subject – travel preparation. COVID pandemic Nothing has changed air travel like the COVID-19 …

AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA |  The news from the aviation world has in the past two years been particularly depressing.  Almost every player globally has been crying, supposedly due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry. Do not be fooled however. Losses in the airline business did …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of Gulu University students undertaking the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) course have been trained on film productions using smartphones. The training held on Friday at the University-Main Campus was jointly organized by the Uganda Communications Commission and Multi Choice Uganda. Mitchel Mwesiga, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is looking for people who spread false information that the Speaker of Parliament  Jacob Oulanyah is dead. Oulanyah was last month flown to a hospital in Seattle in the United States of America to receive specialized treatment after spending several days in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Stanbic Bank Uganda to enable staff and students to acquire laptops on a hire purchase basis. This comes at a time when Makerere University is preparing to open fully for all students next week, …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Fourteen people have been reported missing after a light aircraft registered in Tanzania and owned by a firm based in Zanzibar crashed off the Comoros Saturday. Tanzania’s local media reported Monday that the 14 people went missing after a Cessna Caravan crashed into …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua |  The websites of major Russian news outlets including TASS, Izvestia and Kommersant have been hacked on Monday. The websites could not be opened earlier, with many displaying error pages. The press service of the Izvestia newspaper confirmed the hack, adding that everything is currently being …

  China is a global tech player at par with the United States or Western Europe with its own rules and regulations | JOHN PAUL RUGABA | It’s September 12, 2018 and I have just landed in China. Apart from the breath taking scenery, new language and culture, I notice …