Add Martinique to the list of destinations that you can reach via a Disney ship.
Disney today announced that it'll offer its first regular sailings to the Caribbean island in early 2016 out of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The new seven-night Southern Caribbean voyages also will include stops in Barbados, Grenada, Antigua and St. Kitts. The sailings will take place on the 1,750-passenger Disney Magic with four departures in 2016 scheduled for Jan. 10, 17, 24 and 31.
A Disney ship has called at Martinique only once before during a special holiday sailing in 2010.
Bookings for the new Southern Caribbean itinerary open on Oct. 30 with fares starting at $980 per person, based on double occupancy and not including taxes, fees and port expenses.
Disney today also announced a new seven-night Eastern Caribbean itinerary out of Port Canaveral for 2016 that will include a call at Tortola as well as St. Thomas and Disney's private island in the Bahamas, Castaway Cay.
The sailings will take place on both the Disney Fantasy and the Disney Magic with 11 departure dates from January through April 2016. Fares start at $1,120 per person, based on double occupancy.
Just how much pampering is there on a luxury cruise ship? Now you can see for yourself right here at USA TODAY's Cruise Hub.
Part 5 of our six-part video series on the recently revamped Seven Seas Mariner, in the carousel above, offers an insider's look at the wide range of indulgences available to passengers on the vessel, from hot stone massages to elegant wine tastings.
USA TODAY Travel received special access last month to all-suite, all-balcony ship, which is operated by Regent Seven Seas Cruises and emerged from a major makeover in April.
PHOTO TOUR: The luxury of the revamped Seven Seas Mariner
We'll be posting the final installment of the series here at USA TODAY's Cruise Hub on Wednesday. Part 1 of the series, which offers an overview of the Seven Seas Mariner's recent makeover, is located HERE. Part 2, 3 and 4 of the series, which focus on the ship's dining, entertainment and all-suite accommodations, respectively, are HERE,HERE and HERE.
For a deck-by-deck look at the revamped spaces on Seven Seas Mariner, don't miss our new, comprehensive Cruise Ship Tour of the vessel in the carousel below.
Travel is like an excellent book. It gives you a fresh perspective on reality, refreshes your soul, gives you a sense of being in touch with yourself again and leaves you with a feeling of catharsis.
Your passions and aspirations start regenerating and you are left wondering why you do not do this more often. More than anything else, travel tends to offer a powerful spiritual experience, like the day you first believed. And like in the case of a good book, you never forget a single detail of a good trip.
Memorable experiences
You never forget the morning you travelled to Matemwe beach on the northern shores of Zanzibar, where you watched in awe, village women seated in those shallow salty waters of the Indian Ocean, farming seaweed or the dhow race that took place later that day.
You never forget your first experience on a German autobahn, a speedway with no speed limit, when you rode a motorcycle from Hamburg to Frankfurt and back. Sheer adrenaline. It is this newness you encounter so far away from home that truly brings you so close to home. It captures your imagination and quenches your natural thirst for adventure.
The allure of the forest
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is one such place. It is one of the most prized tourist destinations in Uganda. The high-altitude rain forest is home to the largest population of mountain gorillas in the world, at over 400 of these endangered giant primates.
The forest has an aura like no other. It is cold and dark, (the word Bwindi means darkness), yet these very gloomy qualities make it exceptionally inviting. The intensity of the smells from the forest, a mixture of moth, mushroom, aging tree bark and all sorts of herbs are all soothing to the soul.
The air is so thin, your lungs skip a beat. Because of the high-altitude, you get the sense that you are approaching the cusp of the unknown. Your city-dwelling body is not used to this alien environment. It is glorious.
The slow, two-hour climb into the National Park from Kabale Town is a separate thrill on its own. The drive up the forested ranges is punctuated by the constant popping of your ears as you go higher and higher into the ranges.
The ferns and the bamboo reeds and the general shrubbery on the forest floor are as menacing and mysterious as the giant trees that have never seen an axe since the creation story.
Credit: Daily Monitor
They say all great mysteries begin at the end and end at the very beginning; River Nile is a perfect picture to accompany that phrase.
We all know where it ends, pouring northward through the sudans, where it meets its biggest tributary, the Blue Nile before heading to Egypt and finally into the Mediterranean Sea. But locating, let alone, agreeing on the origins of this magnificent river, has befuddled the world since time immemorial. The Bible and the Quran both hint on this mystery and both ancient and present day voyagers have waded in with their own suggestions.
John Hannington Speke has been principally credited as the man who discovered the source of the Nile which he pinned down at the Ripon Falls on Lake Victoria in Jinja centuries ago.
But almost every year, a new person claims to have found the “true” source of the world’s longest river and the debate goes on and on.
Last month, one of the world’s largest scientific and educational establishments; National Geographic, joined the fray as they premiered a television series titled Wild Nile on their NatGeo Wild platform (DStv Channel 182).
The series opens with an establishment shot of the sky-hugging Mountains of the Moon; then the camera rises from a tropical forest through alpine valleys to the glaciers that crown the various mountain ranges. Close-ups of the snow-capped peaks of Rwenzori is a sight to behold. The legendary three-horned chameleon and the shimmering Ruwenzori Turaco – both endemic to this region – make an early appearance on this naturally-embellished stage of geographic wonder. Rwenzori is dotted with many small rivers but it is River Mobuku – notoriously famous for flooding and swallowing human lives – that gets a good feature here.
Then the narrator elaborates that White Nile – which is the Nile’s headwaters – starts with the melting snow of Rwenzori and the rains of mountains of Rwanda and Burundi all which send their waters downwards into Lakes Edward and Albert before feeding Lake Victoria which eventually spouts the Nile out northwards.
Well, another rather other sources of the Nile. But the clearest of all things throughout this argument has always been that River Nile flows out of Lake Victoria at Jinja making it the only place where one can see something tangible to call a source. Jinja is the ‘official’ source of the Nile and it was recently declared one of the seven wonders of Africa by the Seven Wonders of Africa Project.
About The documentary
The three-part documentary series looks critically at the different possible sources of the Nile before taking viewers on a truly spectacular journey along the Nile, revealing the secret lives of its inhabitants.
The first part Wild Nile. Paradise Found explores the different sources of the Nile while the second part Wild Nile: Heart Of Darkness continues the story from when the river leaves Lake Victoria to progress peacefully through Murchison Falls National Park until the third part Wild Nile: River Of Kings is introduced as the river reaches Sudan. The last part looks at the Blue Nile tributary which originates from Ethiopia. In Wild Nile: Paradise Found, which premiered on September 9, National Geographic claims that the “Nile’s source can be pinned down to the area of the Rwenzori mountain ranges in Uganda.”
Rwenzori, a possible source
But some experts have argued that a source of a river has to be a melting glacier at a higher altitude and it cannot be a lake because something else has to feed the lake first hence Rwenzori Mountain and other water bodies around the great lakes region coming into the picture here.
Gladly, National Geographic doesn’t allow the bigger story of the significance of the Nile to the people and wildlife living on its banks it to get lost into the argument of the source.
The series confirms just how, for instance, in Uganda alone – the Nile has a herculean effect on the people and wildlife creating and supporting some of the country’s best tourism products.
Straight from the source at Jinja, the Nile turns Uganda into the best adventure destination in the region thanks to a range of activities, including the best white-water rafting in the world, bungee jumping, quad biking and camping.
Move to Murchison Falls and the Nile presents a spectacle of a waterfall squeezing through a 6-metre rocky gorge to fall 43 metres which is the hardest water drop in the whole world.
This is no ordinary river and this definitely is not an ordinary storyline of source to sea; Wild Nile series explores the countless waterways, islands and lakes that support the entire river system and looks at some of the river’s most fascinating inhabitants using state-of-the-art cameras to slow down and capture fast moving animals in all their glory.
Source: Daily Monitor
South African football captain Senzo Meyiwa will be buried on Saturday in his home town of Umlazi after he was shot dead in an apparent robbery.
Meyiwa’s club the Orlando Pirates announced plans for his funeral today. It said it will be partly organised by the local government in the province of Kwazulu-Natal.
The 27-year-old goalkeeper was shot and killed in an apparent house robbery in Vosloorus township near Johannesburg on Sunday, leading to an outpouring of dismay and anger in South Africa.
Police have launched a huge operation to find three suspects in the killing.
Top South African sporting officials including sports minister Fikile Mbalula, football association president Danny Jordaan and national team coach Ephraim Mashaba are planning to visit Meyiwa’s family today to offer their condolences.
Source:breakingnews.ie
The last three months, particularly the months of August and September, have seen an increase in adulterated fuel in the market, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) head of Fuel Quality and Monitoring, Mr Peter Kitimbo, has said.
However, according to him, the tendency by some fuel dealers to adulterate fuel, particularly diesel, is now reducing following the standard body’s crackdown in recent weeks.
Speaking in a sideline interview at a workshop bringing together the fuel industry players and the regulators—UNBS and the Ministry of Energy, Mr Kitimbo said between the month of August and September the industry saw an upward trend of adulterated fuel on the market.
He said: “In those months—August and September, there has been an increase of adulteration of fuel by four percent.”
This is worrying because in recent years he said the compliance has been nearly 100 percent. The good news though is that the standard body has since increased surveillance which includes spot checks and testing, a move that is already bearing results.
According to the head of Petroleum Quality Assurance at the Ministry of Energy, Mr Spero Byokunda, by 2009, adulteration of fuel was as high as 29 per cent but by mid this year, the rate had dropped to 3 per cent. “And this has been mainly because of our fuel marking programme that the ministry does jointly with UNBS,” he said.
Vivo energy managing director Hans Paulsen also said adulteration of fuel remains an issue that should be met with punitive action if the vice is to be deterred.
According to him, at least 15 per cent of industry players adulterate fuel. And for this to be stopped enforcement of punitive leviesshould be considered.
Ministry of Energy concedes that adulteration of fuel has been noted although it is not as widespread as consumers tend to believe.
Source:Daily Monitor
Vehicle taxation is a bit tricky for an average person to understand. According to URA’s current validation guide, an Opel Zafira made in 2002 with 2200cc is charged $3,356 (Shs8.2m) and a Subaru Traviq (2002) with 2200cc is charged $3,051(Shs9m). These are the same vehicles with different badges. Yet when it comes to Toyota Harriers of 3000c and the Lexus R300, they are all charged the same taxes yet they belong to different segments in ordinary and luxury respectively.
Environmental levy affects all vehicles manufactured earlier than 2008, the difference is made by the value of cost, insurance and freight (CIF), which is determined by trading prices internationally. That said, why should older vehicles be levied less than “newer” used ones? Albert Tumwine sought to ascertain the reasons.
When buying a used car, at least most vehicle owners and dealers know that buying an old car attracts more tax than purchasing a brand new one. This is explained by the fact that old vehicles, according to motor vehicle laws, emit harmful smoke that pollute the environment and as a result, buyers of such vehicles are supposed to incur a tax, an environmental levy that amounts to 20 per cent of the total price of the vehicle.
This tax, according to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), is meant to discourage old vehicles from being imported into the country with the assumption of protecting the environment.
But as some of you might be wondering, some newer vehicles may incur total taxes that may be way higher than those of much older cars.
An official at URA customs department admits this fact and says it happens when the newer vehicle’s overall value is high. “We have a value guide that we use to levy uniform taxes regardless of the year in which a car was manufactured,” the official who preferred anonymity says.
He says the value of the vehicle determines the overall tax. “The overall tax is not determined by the environmental levy alone that is only 20 per cent. But there are other taxes which apply uniformly regardless of the nature (new or old) like infrastructure, value added, withholding and registration fees among others.
According to a source from URA, who chose to remain anonymous because he is not the spokesperson, the environmental levy tax does not affect cars manufactured after 2007.
“That tax policy only affects vehicles manufactured in 2006 and beyond,” he says.
Other taxes that affect the overall price
While the environmental levy on vehicles can be avoided by buying brand new cars or those that are six years or less, other taxes apply uniformly to all cars regardless of year of manufacture.
According to David Mugyenyi, the acting corporate and public affairs manager at URA, vehicles that are eight years old and above, attract environmental levy.
“This tax is 20 per cent of the total cost involved in purchasing the vehicle,” Mugyenyi says. For example if the vehicle is Shs30m, then the environmental levy is 20 per cent of Shs30m which is about Shs6m, but one can avoid the tax by buying newer cars,” he explains.
Mugyenyi adds that: “Such vehicles attract that tax because they emit fumes that pollute the environment.
Meanwhile, the amount of taxes paid on different cars differ according to the cost, insurance and freight (CIF).
“CIF is the total amount of money used in purchasing the vehicle. “For example, someone importing a vehicle valued at Shs20m meets higher taxes than one buying a car at Shs10m,” Mr Mugyenyi says.
“The reason is simple, the higher the CIF, the higher the total taxes incurred by the buyer. This is because the taxation criterion by URA is based on the value of the vehicle which is in the CIF,” Mugyenyi says.
www.smartransgroup.com, a cargo forwarding website defines CIF as a trade term requiring the seller to arrange for the carriage of goods by sea to a port of destination, and provide the buyer with the documents necessary to obtain the goods from the carrier.
The CIF is always calculated in the standard US dollars as per customs motor vehicle indicative value guide which is then translated into Uganda shillings. The value of the car is then subjected to different taxes.
There are various CIF guides for various car types can be accessed on the URA website (www.ura.go.ug).
There is a guide on the URA website under the A-Z tax topics, indicative value guide which is routinely updated. The review and update, according to URA, is informed by trading prices of vehicles internationally. URA says the value guide is routinely updated to ensure newer vehicles’ values are determined.
“We have a pool of knowledge in customs, even if you are importing the newest vehicle which isn’t on the guide yet, we are able to find out from the country in which the vehicle is being imported,” a source from URA says.
Tax calculator
URA has an electronic tax calculator where the buyer feeds in the year in which a vehicle was manufactured, the cost of the vehicle (CIF), the year of importation and then total taxes appear. These taxes include value added tax; it is a tax only on the value added to a product, import duty; a tax on items purchased abroad, withholding tax; a government requirement for the payer of an item to the government, and registration fees which is a sum of money required to enroll on an official register. “Most of these taxes are pre-determined and the vehicle cannot go on the road without paying them. The vehicle taxes are outlined by law just like those on other goods,” Mugyenyi says.
Tax exclusion
Mugyenyi however says there are some instances of exclusion on motor vehicle tax on cars whose owners have had them for a specific period while abroad. “If it is a returning citizen with a car he has possessed for 12 months, no taxes are incurred,” he says adding that the exclusion is only on personal cars regardless of their value, saying it shouldn’t exceed the capacity of eight passengers.”
Mugyenyi adds that lorries and buses are considered commercial vehicles and they do not enjoy this exclusion. But dealers find problems with customers as the value (CIF) of cars keeps changing especially when the taxes have been increased.
“New changes in taxes are not properly communicated and our customers think we are cheating them when we raise the prices of cars instantly,” says Musthaq Sidik, the treasurer Used Car Dealers Association in Uganda.
He says that they (dealers) have to incur the taxes because customers refuse to adjust their minds. “Customers are always taken by surprise and they insist on old prices and we end up meeting the extra costs,” Sidik argues.
Whereas in countries such as Kenya taxes on older vehicles are higher as a measurement to discourage their importation, in Uganda vehicles made in the 1990s pay les tax regardless of the 20 per cent environmental charge and those in the post 2000 era pay more.
So it looks like URA wants us to import older vehicles instead of “newer” used vehicles. URA should clarify this because it is confusing and complicated.
Source:Daily Monitor
It is Sunday. You and the family wish to dine out somewhere affordable. You have toddlers in toe. Besides traditional food, you also hanker for something continental. You will be surprised how many eating places in town never open on Sundays so what about out of town? Not too many places come to mind. But, Edma Country Club situated in Kiteezi off the Gayaza Road comes to mind and is a sparkling gem of a place in the boondocks. The road was widened and fully rehabilitated allowing for easy access.
Seven years ago saw the advent of this novel establishment in Kiteezi with Edward and Mary creating a place that would appeal to people in the area of Gayaza, Kawempe, and Kyebando. Mary along with daughter Naomi, who is an ophthalmologist and much to their credit, are doing an excellent job in running the business. One of the bigger challenges of having such a place is being able to cater for the a la carte diner who drops by during the week when they are not so busy. From what I understand, you can be assured of more than just mchomo.
Sundays are predictably a buffet affair and depending on the mood of the chef, a soup for a starter could well be the case, or a salad or two before the main event. Here, matooke is a must and we have never been let down. This would be accompanied by a form of rice such as red rice, or rice and peas or stir fried. On this occasion, chef’s choice was steamed rice and always irish potatoes. These could be potato Lyonnaise or has brown or the very popular parsley potatoes. Yams, pumpkins, sweet potatoes or cassava are also a possibility.
Menu and service
In terms of sauces we had groundnut sauce with mushrooms and wonderfully tender and cooked smoked boiled beef stew along with grilled chicken parts. Vegetables comprised a medley of seasonal steamed veggies; carrots, French beans, cauliflower drizzled with butter.
The dessert was a slice of pound cake or a small fruit platter and for Shs24,000 this was entirely par for the course. All things being equal and the weather permitting, the outdoor setting is our favourite seating area and affords maximum privacy. Also a fenced play area for children. Cleanliness is paramount and the service friendly.
If you go…
The place: Edma Country Club
Rating: Not to be missed
Address: Kiteezi, off Gayaza Road
The space: Outdoors and spacious with neat lawns and an indoor restaurant
The crowd: Mostly old school
The bar: Cold beer, juice, wine, soda and mineral water
Recommended dishes: The buffet (Sunday’s and public holidays) is sumptuous and tremendous variety
The damage: The buffet is a very reasonable Shs 20,000
Sound level: Excellent
Parking: Available and secure
Daily specials: Ask the waiter
If you go: Open everyday offering an a la carte menu. Sunday buffet and a barbeque in the evening.
Sex can change everything. Jacqueline Uwera Nsenga, 36, was on September 23 convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of her husband, Juvenal Nsenga, 48.
According to the trial judge, Justice Duncan Gaswaga, “the convict had not enjoyed her marriage, especially in the last 10 or so years. This was a family matter that went out of hand.” Among other marital problems, court was informed that couple did not sleep in the same bed though they lived in the same house. They did not greet each other nor discuss or do things together as husband and wife.
It appears that there was a rivalrous love triangle where Jackie Uwera was competing with one Loretta Mutoni, 27, for the love of Juvenal Nsenga (deceased). Loretta was Mr Nsenga’s niece. She was orphaned at an early age and raised by the Nsengas since 2001. Sometime in 2011, Uwera became uncomfortable with Loretta’s continued stay at home and asked her to leave. This was after she noticed that Loretta had become an insolent child who dressed skimpy around her husband and often refused to greet or obey her. To make matters worse, Uwera intercepted an SMS text sent to Loretta by the deceased reading “I don’t hate you, I am just a little bit tired, I love you.”
Twelve days before Nsenga’s untimely death, Uwera was shocked to find Loretta back at the house. A frank discussion ensued among the three. Uwera reportedly said in an angry tone, “By the way I am capable of doing very many things that I myself am scared of the length I can go.” These are words she wishes to take back right now because court did not take them lightly in convicting her.
The lesson to take from this is not new. The English playwright and poet William Congreve (1670-1729) left us an eternal reminder: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Sex is a huge requirement in a marriage, and there is a lot of damage that can come from its absence.
How well do you know your car? Personally I don’t know much about cars but what I am sure of is this: a car cannot automatically accelerate when “in parking” unless you move it to “drive”. Ms Nsenga testified that on the fateful night, she drove a Toyota Mark X. She parked it at the home gate, got out and rang the doorbell twice. This clearly implies that she must have left the car in “parking” or “neutral”. How then could she have accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal causing the car to “jerk”? Does this make any sense to all of you who, like Ms Nsenga, have driven for 11 years?
However, I have heard that some people mistakenly press down hard on the “accelerator” pedal instead of the “brake” pedal hence causing accidents. While an anomaly of this kind might have been the cause of death of Uwera’s husband of 19 years, she did not know enough about her car to convince the trial judge. The lesson we should take from this is that all drivers, regardless of gender, are accountable for the actions of their cars.
Having read 698 pages of the testimony recorded by the High Court in the Nsenga case, one truth is inescapable. On January 10, 2013, at about 9:45pm, only two people - Juvenal Nsenga and his wife Jackie Uwera Nsenga - were at that green gate that kept out strangers from their matrimonial home located at Plot 6 Muzindaro Road in Bugolobi. It is not known whether they talked before the incident. So how did our learned friends arrive at the conclusion that Uwera had the intention to kill her husband when he came to open the gate?
Ms Nsenga’s lawyers (all male) argued that what happened on that fateful night was a deeply regrettable accident but court rejected that story and chose to believe evidence adduced by the prosecution lawyers (all female) in support of Juvenal Nsenga’s dying declaration (his last words before he died).
In my view, what we learn from Justice Gaswaga’s analysis is that malice aforethought (intention to kill) may be deduced or inferred from circumstances surrounding the killing in question. For instance, the accumulation of mistrust, hatred, frustration and threats in a marriage over a period of 10 years can result in the formation of a tinderbox which may constitute the bedrock of intention to kill one’s spouse. This should makes us all deeply concerned that by sleeping in separate bedrooms and indulging in other mundane beefs one may become the first suspect if, God forbid, anything happened to one’s spouse.
From a strictly feminist lawyer’s perspective, I am disappointed by the weak and unimpressive mitigation conducted on behalf of Ms Nsenga. Mitigation is that phase of a murder trial after pronouncement of a conviction where the convict is given a chance to provide reasons why he or she should receive a lenient sentence. With proper mitigation, I believe Nsenga could have gotten a lesser sentence than the 20 years imprisonment to which she was condemned.
At the end of the 10-week marathon trial, Justice Gaswaga held the firm and carefully considered view that the Nsengas had lived an estranged life. Yet Uwera and her lawyers downplayed the seriousness of the situation by referring to the chronic, grave and excruciating problems of the Nsenga marriage as “mere challenges”. This was plainly bad mitigation strategy because the trial judge had offered them an olive branch by finding that all these problems had had “a negative impact on Uwera’s life”.
She was the victim of unrequited love in a scornful love triangle between her husband and foster child. The inability of the unrequited lover to express and fulfil emotional needs may lead to feelings such as depression, low self-esteem, anxiety and rapid mood swings between depression and euphoria. I submit that the above feelings characterised Uwera’s state of mind on the fateful night. Given that justice must be tempered with mercy for unrequited lovers and other persons implicated in crimes of passion. In my view, the appropriate sentence for Jackie would have been 10 years imprisonment. And if she had pleaded guilty to manslaughter or even murder at the beginning of the trial, she could easily have gotten at least 6 years imprisonment.
Unfortunately, Uwera’s lawyers gave their mitigation as follows: that she is a first-time offender, who has two children and had been taking care of them by the time she was remanded, and so on and so forth. They also wasted time and resources arguing a futile point at the eleventh hour that there is no prescribed penalty for murder; a clearly erroneous view of the decision of the Supreme Court of Uganda in Susan Kigula versus Attorney General.
In that case, the Supreme Court explained that trial judges had discretion whether to issue a death sentence or imprisonment as the penalty for murder. It follows therefore that the best use of a lawyer’s services after conviction is to make a spirited and exhaustive mitigation but, unfortunately, this was not done for Ms Nsenga.
A combination of factors, among them curfew, closure of Internet and some social media sites has caused a 50 per cent customer reduction for e-commerce platforms, according to Mr Ron Kawamara, the Jumia chief executive officer.
Speaking on the sidelines of press briefing by the E-Trade Association of Uganda, Mr Kawamara said Jumia had registered a drop in clientele of close to 50 per cent since government imposed a blockade on Facebook.
“Our traffic has dropped by more than 45 per cent since the shutdown of [some] social media sites. We have had to go to other marketing platforms to reach our clients,” he said.
During the briefing, the E-Trade Association of Uganda noted that at least 25 per cent of the employees in the e-commerce sector had been rendered jobless due to reducing customer orders resulting from shorter working hours.
The association has a membership that brings together boda boda rider apps, online market platforms such as Jumia and tour and travel operators.
Mr Ricky Rapa Thomson, the SafeBoda co-founder, said they had experienced a drastic drop in business due to a number of factors, among them shorter working hours.
“Boda boda riders’ earnings are down by as much as 50 per cent due to the 6pm curfew, which affects close to two million riders. We request that curfew hours are extended to 11pm,” he said.
On January 11, this year the government shutdown Internet and social media sites as Uganda headed into the January 14 general elections.
However, the Internet was later restored but had affected a number of sectors, key among e-commerce platforms.
Mr Kawamara also noted they were having a lot of challenges with customers who were ordering for goods on social media using network bypass such as Virtual Private Network (VPN).
“Our systems are designed to block any orders or contact reaching us from clients that are using VPN because our firewalls have been built to safeguard our clients’ personal data such as banking details. We therefore can’t rely on VPN or receive orders and inquiries from VPN users,” he said.
As from: The Daily Monitor
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