Uganda’s journalists used by mafias
Uganda’s journalists used in illicit deals. I knew this was coming. The day I saw the details of Bagyenda’s bank accounts, I sensed danger. You know what, Bagyenda is a no_nonsense Mukiga who insisted that Crane Bank should be closed.
This is why the used journalists were given bank details to do the job of the mafias. Before the closure of Crane Bank, Bagyenda reportedly exchanged hot words with the muggaga of the defunct bank and the gullible muggaga stormed of the meeting.
Thereafter the bank was closed. These journalists, knowing the behaviour of the muggaga, must have pocketed something. It is the same story with the Red Pepper journalists who were used and reportedly chewed Kagame’s dime and published a story which caused them problems thus spending days in prisons.
As it is, this was conclusively ended as you will read below to see how journalists are used.
RULING
The Applicant brought this application by way of Notice of motion (Ex parte)
against the respondents under Articles 28, 41,126 & 139 of the Constitution, and
Sections 14, 33 & 39 of the Judicature Act cap 13 & Section 4 of the Judicature (
Amendment) Act, 2002 and Order 52 r 1, 2 & 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules, for
orders that; 1. This application proceeds ex parte.
2. This Honourable Court ORDERS the 1st 2nd and 3rd respondents to preserve
all electronic, computerized, and computer produced data, or
telecommunications data, metadata, or data in any other form-whether
printed, recorded, copied or electronic-related to the telephone numbers
and bloggers below and their ISP Addresses for the period 4th July 2018 to
30th October 2018 {hereinafter referred to as “relevant Period) including
without limitation:
(a) Logs of calls or log-ons made.
(b) Accounts, names, addresses, records, and date about the persons
owning or registered as users of the telephone numbers listed below and
for all other.
(c) Location records for telephone number 0782 361 437, 0752 654 236,
0782 723 307, 0772 544 870, 0759 800 326 vis-a vis telephone number
0772 777773 for the relevant period;
(d) Call Data records (CDR) for both Voice and Data for telephone number
0772 777773 and telephone number 0782 361 437, 0752 654 236, 0782
723 307, 0772 544 870, 0759 800 326;
(e) Traffic and/ traffic metadata between telephone number 0772 777773
and telephone number 0782 361 437, 0752 654 236, 0782 723 307, 0772
544 870, 0759 800 326;
(f) To Disclose IP Addresses that published or forwarded the stories that
are listed in “Annexture B” to this application;
(g) Server data including access logs, emails, routing information and any
other technical data of any form going through the servers during the
relevant period, pertaining to the information sought in this application.
(h) Log records that show communications and connections made by the
host/mobile devices using these telephone numbers. These logs may
include:
• Firewall Logs
• Web Server Access Logs
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• Internet Message Access Protocol Servers (email)
• FTP Servers (file Transfer protocol)
• Proxy Server Logs
• Secure Shell Servers (remote access)
• Routers and Switches
• Chat Servers
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• DNS Servers (Domain Name System)
• Victim and Attack Systems.
4. The said RAJIV RUPARELIA, who is the Plaintiff/Counter Defendant in HCCS
No. 501 of 2018 at various times between 4th July to 30th October 2018
propagated/carried out/pursued the said fake news online publications and
social media campaign including defamatory and malicious/injurious
falsehoods against the present applicant and its banking business.
5. The motives of the wrongdoer-Rajiv Ruparelia were inter alia to scare away
the applicant’s customers, disparage the applicant bank among its
customers and among the business community and the banking-business
circles, cause “a run” on the applicant bank, scare or cause alarm and fear
among the applicant’s international shareholders, and cause the applicant
Bank to collapse.
6. The wrongdoer perpetrated the said campaign by originating false,
defamatory , malicious and injurious stories about the Applicant bank which
the wrongdoer would cause to be published by various bloggers and online
news websites such as;
• Spy Reports-spyreports.net
• Eagle Online-eagle.co.ug
• Kyamutetera.com
• Cr!me24-thecrime24.com
• The Ugandan-theugandan.com • PML Daily- pmdaily.com
• ChimpReports
7. After the false, defamatory, malicious and or injurious stories were
published online, the wrongdoer would proceed to forward the web links by
social media particularly WhatsApp through the wrongdoers telephone
number 0772777773 to various individuals and WhatsApp groups.
8. There is a critical need and or necessity for an order by this Honourable
Court exercising its equitable jurisdiction (also known as “ Norwich
Pharmacal Jurisdiction) ordering the 1st 2nd and 3rd respondents to disclose
to the honourable court ( for its use in HCCS 501 of 2018) the records, data
and information set forth in Paragraph 2 hereinabove.