There is a very high chance that, at some point in the last several years, your personal information was stolen through a data breach or otherwise.

Two East African courts examined nearly identical bank fraud cases involving stolen phones and self-registration, yet reached opposite conclusions about who bears the loss. The divergent rulings in Kenya and Uganda expose fundamental questions about what duty of care banks owe customers in the digital age, and whether authentication alone absolves institutions of responsibility for preventable system failures.

As the country grapples with the coronavirus (COVID-19), various directives are being issued by different authorities. It is incumbent on the authorities that the measures are issued within the law.

Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019 was assented to by the President on 28th May 2019 and it commenced on 1st March, 2019.

Uganda, an independent republic within the British Commonwealth, is situated in East Africa.