By Edward Ssekalo My first email Friday morning October 22 was to a lawyer friend that works from a wing adjacent to my own at the Arusha International Conference Center. In it, I declared I was going back to (Daily) Monitor. And that was the only part of that email that was meant to be […]
Continue readingThe Media Council has ordered a new tabloid, Rolling Stone, to cease publication citing failure to comply with the law on registration of editors with the statutory regulator. The order comes after a coalition of Ugandan human rights organisations filed a complaint to the tabloid about the content of its October 02-09 issue, which published […]
Continue readingSo, what should we call this – a suppression of media rights? It can be widely debated. The publication went beyond the line– infringing on people’s rights when we are doing our work is unacceptable, you know. The issue of verifying academic documents, I wish it is cross cutting and not only invoked when we […]
Continue readingAfter 12 months off air, the government has allowed Central Broadcasting Station (CBS) to resume operations. The Minister for Information and Technology, Mr Aggrey Awori made the announcement in Kampala on October 23, putting an end to speculation on when and whether the station would be opened. Mr Awori who also handed over the equipment […]
Continue readingA list of Radio and TV stations in Uganda as of Juy 2010. Source: Media Council
Continue readingWith many African countries marking the 50th anniversary of their independence, 2010 should have been a year of celebration but the continent’s journalists were not invited to the party. The Horn of Africa continues to be the region with the least press freedom but there were disturbing reverses in the Great Lakes region and East […]
Continue readingIt has been a year since the Central Broadcasting Station radio was closed by the government. Re-opening the popular station, owned by the Buganda Kingdom, has remained a major topic at President Yoweri Museveni’s rallies in the countryside in the last two years. Is there a new silver lining in the station’s cloud? According to […]
Continue readingNo one remembers when the government last barred written matter, especially books, from entering the country. That is how rare these things happen, even in less-than-ideal free speech environments such as Uganda. And when they do, they create a buzz much more so in our wired and connected world. Online debate, especially on social networks […]
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