We are coming to the final stretch. After nearly three months of campaigns Ugandans will go to the polls in about a week’s time to elect the next president and members of parliament. What can journalists and the media do in these remaining days to help voters make informed decisions? By now it is unlikely […]
Continue readingThe Rwanda cabinet has approved a resolution that will see the media entrusted with the powers to regulate itself. The meeting, chaired by President Paul Kagame, resolved that media regulation, initially handled by the Media High Council, be entrusted to a body of media professionals. According to the Minister of Cabinet affairs, Protais Musoni, the […]
Continue readingCall me a serial whiner, or whatever, but I must say following the release of Kampala’s mayoral election results on Monday night was painful. Clearly, the Ugandan media gave in to the Electoral Commission’s and government’s threats about the announcement of election results. The electoral body and the government had insisted before last’s month’s presidential […]
Continue readingThe state-owned public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), has been barred from airing any coverage of the ongoing public protests in Libya and a number of other North African and Maghreb countries, The Observer reports. The gag order, according to impeccable sources within UBC, came down from the corporation’s managing director, Edward Musinguzi Mugasa, sometime […]
Continue readingAt least seven journalists were on February 23 roughed up as they covered local council elections in Kampala, the Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) reports. After being tipped off about vote rigging at a polling station, six TV, radio and photojournalists rushed to the scene only to be beaten up by supporters of one […]
Continue readingTwo employees of Uganda’s national broadcaster have been sacked just days after international election observers gave a negative review of the station’s coverage of the just concluded general elections. The Daily Monitor reported on Wednesday that the two men, working for Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) were not offered any reason for their dismissal. The two, […]
Continue readingBy Peter G. Mwesige The presidential and parliamentary elections in Uganda are over, but new results will keep coming in for another five days or so. The local news media have reported on the results quite comprehensively. In particular, we have seen some significant strides in television coverage of the elections. Kudos! But the one […]
Continue readingThe presidential and parliamentary elections are over, but new results will keep coming in for another five days or so. The local news media have reported on the results quite comprehensively. In particular, we have seen some significant strides in television coverage of the elections. Kudos! But the one area where our television stations — […]
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