The Minister of State for ICT National Guidance, Hon. Kabbyanga Godfrey Baluku announces a Taskforce on Government Communications and National Guidance.
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Daily Monitor
Wednesday March 03 2021
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There was a time when it was hard to believe a phone would become a tool, where you ordered food, transport and later watched movies. Then it happened. Yet, even with all these changes, the real estate sector seems to lag behind.
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Live chats on a website connected to email addresses and WhatsApp numbers, an aerial view of the community, the roads, amenities listed, close-up views of the ins and outs of the houses on sale on a Youtube channel with 2,770 subscribers garnered 1,800 views three months ago. For now, that is how Spectrum Real Estate Solutions is enabling property viewings and offers online and its manager, Philip Muhoja, says it is taking on digital technologies seriously.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 02 2021
Transacting through ATMs was also affected. Bank customer could not conduct any transaction through the Automated Teller Machines. PHOTO | file
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Selfish. Whereas security is an important aspect, some Ugandans say government’s action to switch off the Internet was nothing but selfish.
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The Internet shutdown was an unevaluated and selfish decision, whose merit has not been properly explained away from the veiled excuse of threat to security, at least some Ugandans believe.
Of course considering how you view it, this is an issue that is subjective inviting both frowns and praises.
Before the shutdown, government had earmarked social media platforms as high security risk.
Facebook Will Take Action if Their Terms of Use Are Violated Albert Mucunguzi
It is in the interest of these social media companies to shut down fake accounts in order to enhance the authenticity of their platforms. 2 minutes read
Chairman of Information and Communication Technology in Uganda (ICTAU); Mr. Albert Mucunguzi speaking at the 2020 Swarm summit. (Photo by; Olupot Nathan Ernest/ PC TECH MAGAZINE)
Facebook confirmed shutting down accounts of Uganda’s top officials linked to President Museveni’s campaign accusing the campaign of “using fake and duplicate accounts to manage pages, comment on other people’s content, impersonate users, re-share posts in groups to make them appear more popular than they were.”