Joseph Owino

For the Ugandan footballer, see Joseph Owino (footballer).

Joseph Geno Owino is a Ugandan entrepreneur with business interests in IT, social media and sports.^[3] He is the founder and CEO of Owino Solutions^[4] and also the Founder of East African online sports platform, Kawowo Sports.^[5][6]

Joseph Owino
Born	Tororo, Uganda
Nationality	Ugandan
Alma mater	Makerere University^[1]
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Known for	Kawowo Sports
Spouse	Daniella Boston ​ (m. 2013)​ ^[2]
Website	josephowino.com

Business career

Owino runs a web development firm called Owino Solutions Ltd^[7][8] that he started while a student at Makerere University.^[9] His company has clients such as Uganda's national referral hospital,^[10] Mulago Hospital, telecom company Airtel Uganda^[11] and the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA).^[12] Owino also founded Uganda's most popular online local sports platform called Kawowo Sports that publishes local and regional content.^[13]

In December 2011, Owino received the Ericsson Young Achievers Award for his contributions to the Ugandan Information and Communications Technology Sector.^[14][15]

Social media affair

On October 27, 2014, Owino was the centre of a media discussion involving President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's social media profiles.^[16] Joseph Owino had originally helped streamline and verify the Ugandan president's official Facebook and Twitter accounts.^[17][18]

Arrest

On October 26, 2014, Owino was arrested from his home in Kampala by police from the Special Investigations Unit.^[19] Sarah Kagingo, the Ugandan Special Presidential Assistant for Communications led the police to Owino's residence after accusing him of hacking into Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's social media profiles. Owino spent that night in jail at the Kireka "Wembley" Police Station, Special Investigations Unit in charge of Terrorism and serious crimes.^[20][21]

The next day, Museveni tweeted through his official and verified Twitter account that his account had not been hacked,^[22][23] a position reiterated on Tuesday October 28 in an official press release from the President's Press Unit. Instead, the press release explained that the President himself had "personally suspended" Ms. Kagingo a month prior due to "misconduct". Further, the President called from Rome to call for the immediate release of Owino and an investigation into Kagingo and the police officers who took part in the unwarranted arrest.^{[24][25][26][27][28]}

Personal life

Owino is married to his British wife, Daniella Boston^[2] with whom he lives in Kampala, Uganda.

See also

• Kawowo Sports
• Nashaba Victor

References

1. "My Story". Joseph Owino Official website. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
2. "Kawowo Sports Founder: Online Entrepreneurs Must Have Patience And Passion". UGO News. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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11. "Airtel Football". Airtel Football.
12. "FUFA official Website". www.fufa.co.ug. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
13. "D-day in Uganda's football league as Villa host their old enemy, Vipers SC". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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15. "Innovative youth key to poverty fight, Kagame says". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
16. "Museveni orders investigation into Kagingo misconduct". The New Vision. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
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18. "Mirundi Fires Back at Kagingo". Chimp Reports. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
19. "Police Arrests Webmaster For 'Hacking Into M7 Twitter Account'". Red Pepper. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
20. "Alleged M7 Twitter Account Hacker Speaks Out". Red Pepper. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
21. "Inside Story: Museveni Twitter Hacking Arrest". Chimp Reports. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
22. "Yoweri K Museveni on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
23. "Museveni Twitter account hacked, like oh, really?". Dignited. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
24. "Museveni orders Kagingo probe". Monitor. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
25. "Kagingo fired, put under police probe". The Observer. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
26. "EXCLUSIVE: State House to Punish Kagingo". Chimp Reports. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
27. "Museveni Directs Kayihura to Probe Kagingo". Chimp Reports. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
28. "Preseident Museveni order Kagingo probe". KFM. Retrieved 2 November 2014.