MUGOYA DIHFAHSIH

Uganda has gone ahead and rolled out a controversial daily levy on citizens for using social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Skype, enraging many of its online citizens. The major telecom companies, MTN, Airtel and Africell, set up special mobile money menus for users to pay the tax or be denied access to a list of 58 websites, apps and voice calling platforms. While Uganda’s government has blocked internet access in the past, most notably in the run-up to the February 2016 elections, it had never officially implemented targeted website or app blocking on scale. As it turns out, it was actually pretty straightforward for a network operator to set up such a tax collection and enforcement operation, according to local telecom engineers who spoke to Quartz on condition of annonymity. These telecoms insiders explain it hasn’t required any new technology or external assistance to implement the “tax-or-block” system. Local telecom engineers only had to write new rules ...

Classic software engineering was more about the science of programming, with the focus on – Best practices in design and development such as OOP, inheritance, etc. Art of developing programs that can scale and perform Debugging code to find the root cause and “fixing” that as opposed to adding a patch to “conceal” the bug. Best practices around the processes that enable gaps/defects to be identified earlier in the development cycle – such as peer reviews, source code management, continuous integration, etc. However in the last decade or so, with the proliferation of frameworks and tools which claim to automate a lot of these best-practices – the role of a software engineer has diluted.  These frameworks and tools are supposed to manage most of these low level nitty-gritty of software development allowing the software engineer to have to perform just a few mouse-clicks to build a functionality. Undoubtedly this has resulted in the development cycle shrinking significa...

The members of the Mugoya family are independent, determined and persevering. They use their own resources to be creative, original, and inventive in practical ways. Since they enjoy outdoor activities, they can be avid farmers, gardeners, fishermen, explorers, or hikers.  Working best where they combine physical and mental labour, they are honest, responsible people, not wanting to go back on their word. They do what they feel they have to do and ask only to be allowed to do it in their own way without interference.  Their pioneering tendency has led them to start things but repeatedly others derive the most benefit from their efforts. However, they move on to try something else. In association they say what they want to in as few words as possible and, whenever they can, avoid situations requiring finesse and tact.  At times it is not easy for them to show appreciation or affection because they become self-conscious and at a loss for words, and the...

The names of Dihfahsih Mugoya draw you into situations where you pioneer projects. You work diligently to build them up, and then someone else reaps the rewards of all your preliminary hard work and you are forced to move on seldom reaping the rewards of your efforts, thus the success that should result from your work is denied to you. You are required to start something new only to find that once again you lose the opportunity to complete your plans and efforts.  Your achievements have not come easily and are the result of hard work and forcing your way to points of success, but finding that as soon as you let go, your success wanes and opportunities are lost. In your work and your living environment your surroundings generally lack the comfort and amenities you would expect. Starting over and over again creates frustration and intensity that contributes to head tension.

The name of Dihfahsi h creates an intense nature with strong feelings and emotional desires. Consequently you are a determined, strong-willed person who projects uncompromising individuality. You could develop creative expression in art, music, or drama, doing to an extreme whatever arouses your interest. In your effort to do your very best, you tend to focus all your energy and attention on your immediate short-term goal to the exclusion of other responsibilities and activities. You try to add something new and different to whatever you undertake, and would eagerly set off into new fields. There is a tendency to scatter your efforts in the longer term by being involved in too many pursuits. A lack of attention to detail, and an aversion to routine and monotony could disrupt your work habits and thwart the orderly completion of your undertakings, even though you put forth great effort. Independence and personal freedom are of paramount importance to you. You are inclined to resist bei...

BIOGRAPHY OF MUGOYA DIHFAHSIH Family Background He is a Ugandan by birth and a Mugishu by tribe, Born on Monday 15th October 1990 to the late Namakola Simon who died in June 2000 and Gamisya Mariam in Bumuddu B village, Buwalasi Sub-county Sironko district found in Eastern Uganda. After two months on 26th December 1990,he was baptized at Saint John Church found in Bumuddu B, his father gave him the name Akhab in attribution to his(dihfahsih) paternal grand-father(Akhab Wagima) who was at that time a police man who died in 2012 at age of 92 and his mother also gave him a name Difas in as a remembrance of dihfahsih's maternal grandfather(Difas Wambedde) who had just passed away the previous year(1989). Dihfahsih Mugoya is a second born after his sister Namono Winnie Claudia(first-born) born on 31st December 1988, Mugoya Dickson(Third-born) born on 1st November 1992, Mugoya Denis(Forth-born) born on 4th August 1994 and late Makongo Ekisofeli born in 1996 who died i...

THE LEVEL OF ICT IN UGANDA The Government of Uganda recognises ICT as key Pillar for implementation of the long term national development programmes. This was recognised from as far back as 2003 when the first ICT Policy Framework was written under the then Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication, where it was noted that the harnessing of ICT would lead to a “knowledge-based economy” and hence a knowledge-based society. This was further affirmed by the decision to create a fully-fledged ministry to cater for the country’s ICT needs.According to the NDP II, the Government has committed itself to increase job creation through ICT research and development as well as increase the stock of ICT skilled and industry ready workforce. In addition, one of the NRM manifesto clearly puts emphasis on the promotion of ICT research and innovation. In this regard, I am glad to note that the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance has gone further to create an enabling environment for promoti...

A REVIEW ON AIRTEL MONEY IN UGANDA Mobile Money We have performed a security review on the Airtel Money System with a basis on Application (client side) security, Server side practices and Policy environment. 1.0 Assets This includes Data such as clients names, location, telephone numbers, transaction reports. This data is so crucial such as transaction logging that keeps track of the client’s dealing with the Airtel money. Resources such as clients, agents, servers, phones. For any Airtel money transaction to take place, these 3 resources have to be into play so as to effect transaction especially when withdrawing money. Infrastructure such as network, the network has to be secure to avoid attackers interfering the transactions of mobile money, Airtel has secured the network using standard secure protocols that bar attackers. 2.0 Threats 2.1 Mobile Phones Vulnerabilities According to computer crime and security survey report of 2009[2], 42% of the respondents experience...

The Software Engineer What Types of Jobs Can One Get as a Software Engineer? If you’re interested in getting a computer science degree, you probably want to know about the types of jobs one can get as a software engineer. This term is a modern way of referring to the practice of computer programming, as opposed to its theory, which is referred to as computer science. Software engineers use established engineering practices to ensure that software development is rigorous, practical, timely and cost-efficient. As a software engineer, you may work for a large corporation or a small business developing, analyzing and testing software. Other software engineering roles include infrastructure maintenance, product support, configuration management and systems testing. All of these roles are combined together into a development team that works with IT and marketing departments to produce software that meets customer demand. When you first start out as a software engineer, yo...