Image by Photo Mix from Pixabay Blayne Haggart, Brock University Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter has been a fast-moving disaster. …
Background to the proposed Information and Communications Bill, 2022
By Kyetume Kasanga The government of Uganda is in the process of formulating a new legal framework for regulating the …
How fake science websites hijack our trust in experts to misinform and confuse
Isobelle Clarke, Lancaster University The scientific method is rigorous. Claims and premises are supported with evidence. The peer review system …
Can social media be used as a source of evidence in Kenya’s election petitions?
Claire Adionyi, Strathmore University The conduct of Kenya’s elections has repeatedly come under close scrutiny in the courts. Petitions were …
UCC powers come under scrutiny as the regulator sanctions media houses
By Obadia Ismail Otim The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the sector regulator, on August 9, 2022 handed out its decision …
To stay relevant, print media must reinvent their content model – Chief Justice
Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny The Supreme Court made ground-breaking findings and pronouncements [in the case of Charles Onyango Obbo …
A glance into the mind of a reporter/editor
By Robert Madoi On July 31st 2018, Uganda woke to an unusual story on pages three of the leading dailies—Daily …
Proposed changes to Uganda’s computer misuse law a blow to civil liberties- CIPESA
By Edrine Wanyama The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) has made a submission on …