20 years of FM radio stations in Uganda
By Timothy Kalyegira The opening up of the Ugandan broadcast airwaves in 1992 came two years after the government decided to relax its decades-old control of the foreign currency market. …
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Greater care needed on subjective descriptions
By Joachim Buwembo Besigye under the watchful eye of police. There are times when you read a news story and find yourself smiling. Many times it is over a very …
Read MoreWhatever happened to solidarity in the press?
By Joachim Buwembo Very soon, it will be one year since Uganda’s then most powerful radio station (in terms of audience numbers, staff size and business volume) was physically taken …
Read MoreCovering the death of a former president
The passing of former President Godfrey Binaisa presented a simple test to the Ugandan media – and I am afraid many failed it. First thing to note is that the …
Read MorePresidential musings on media freedoms
Somewhere in the middle of his speech before a journalism awards ceremony in Kampala recently, President Museveni had an important question to ask. “So,” he said, “is there press freedom …
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