Do you love reading? If yes, then you probably have a collection of books at home and many digital books on your Amazon Kindle and other popular online commercial publishing platforms. But if you love free things and do not have the ethics to question how free things are made available, you have probably landed on a site that has a collection of more than 78m books. Yes, more than 78 million books in electronic format, PDF. Like its name, pdfdrive.com is a go-to site to find those hard to get books and enjoy. But is it good to read…
#Corona virus and relationships
One of the advisories on social media recommends the public to keep social distance, and that for married couples “continue as you have been doing.” The advisory features a picture of man and woman in their bedroom, seated on the bed, with the man appearing to be working on the laptop, while the woman looking at the phone as if checking WhatsApp messages. Couples in the bedroom, on their marital bed, paying attention to their laptop and phone. At first, it was the television. Couples would have issues, only to go put on television and start laughing out a loud…
How hackers are utilizing coronavirus to prey on human fears
Overview Attachment File: How Hackers are utilizing COVID-19 COVID 19 is disrupting the world in ways nobody ever predicted. Currently, all major events in all top destinations are being canceled. There are doubts over the Tokyo Olympics. Football league games have been postponed. All major industries are experiencing challenges – aviation, entertainment, education, and most critical the city life of big traffic- have been impacted. Economies that rely on tourism and aviation are feeling the pitch. Major tourism destinations are looking like ghost cities with hotels reporting just 10% occupancy, for the lucky ones. At one of the top hotels…
Corona Virus: A shaken world
KAMPALA 10th March 2020: reports indicate that more than 4,031 people have died of COVID-19 world-wide and over 110,000 infected with the virus as of today 10th March. China, where the virus was first reported in the Wuhan district, has recorded the most causalities followed by South Korea and Italy, which has now declared a lockdown in form of travel restrictions across the country. The virus is spreading faster across the world, see Map. Two cases have been reported in Africa, and no confirmed death yet. “In Africa, most people’s immune system is always ‘exercising’ as it fights air pollution,…
The avoidable crisis
The age limit tinkering threatens to throw our country into a crisis. We can avoid it. Ugandans know the costs of war better than anyone. We invested lots of our money in drafting our Constitution. It is one of the major achievements of the NRM government. It is the basis for our democracy and governance. It should be revered. Standing the test of time is a sign of a great Constitution. Doing the right thing does not call for deployment of our security agencies, whatsoever. It just makes all of us anxious and threatens our confidence in the motives of…
Uganda’s 27 Tn Budget:Financing debt amid poverty
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development writes the budget, not the president. However, it is prepared in consultation with the President to align State House priorities so that they are well funded. And the National budget for the FY2017/18 has been passed and it is with us now. One thing is still unclear though. How does Uganda intend to raise revenue to domestically finance her Ugx. 29trillion budget? A country’s national budget is a very important milestone in the year. It is aimed at providing a blueprint for progress towards projected goals, including economic growth and the alleviation…
