The government’s closure of two privately owned Ugandan dailies and two radio stations entered day three today, May 22, with one of the newspapers beating the odds to print what its editors dubbed the “Freedom Issue”. “Red Pepper is back where it started 12 years ago,” reads a post on the paper’s Facebook wall. “Printing […]
Continue readingBy Brenda Banura Day is Monday, May 20, 2013. Time check is 11:30 a.m. By then, most of the reporters and photojournalists have gone to the field. The Monitor Publications’ head office on Kampala’s Eighth Street is a strange sight. In the inside parking yard are six or four armed men in blue camouflage police […]
Continue readingTwo Ugandan daily newspapers and two radio stations remained closed and under armed guard for a second day Tuesday, May 21, as the police continued to comb their offices for the source and copies of documents related to the touchy question of presidential succession. Criticism of the government’s actions also mounted, with media advocacy groups […]
Continue readingIn what could be a precedent in Uganda, a court has ordered journalists to reveal a news source. A magistrate’s court in Kampala on Thursday, May 16, ordered three Daily Monitor journalists under investigation for publishing an explosive letter written by a senior military officer regarding the question of presidential succession to hand over the […]
Continue readingThe letter written by Gen. David Sejusa alleging a falling out in high government circles over the question of presidential succession continues to suck more journalists into the eye of the storm. This (Wednesday) afternoon, Presidential Press Secretary Tamale Mirundi burst into The Observer newsroom over a story [LINK] that said security officers had questioned […]
Continue readingIf the police have their way, three Daily Monitor journalists may be charged in court for refusal to divulge information in their possession about a letter the paper published a week ago alleging a falling out in high government circles over the question of presidential succession. Published on May 7, the explosive letter by […]
Continue readingA senior military officer makes allegations that reflect disquiet in high government circles over the succession of President Yoweri Museveni, and journalists pay the price for being journalists. It can be tough being a journalist in Uganda, but the way occupational hazards manifest themselves is sometimes bizarre. “Inquiries are being conducted under the above […]
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