On this occasion when everybody is talking about press freedom, we might as well expose the culprits who are making the loudest noise and diverting attention from themselves as the biggest abusers – the pressmen and women. Journalists today pose the greatest threat to media freedom and it is about time they got exposed. Today, […]
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By Joachim Buwembo Norbert Mao is probably the wittiest Ugandan politician of our times. A collection of his anecdotes could fill a reasonably sized booklet. Some fifteen years ago, Mao described Uganda’s politics ‘kuma nyoko’. This vernacular term is the crudest insult imaginable and I shall not translate it here, much at it could reasonably […]
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Bukedde means dawn, and Bukedde newspaper was launched at the dawn of an important era in Uganda in 1994. The Constituent Assembly had just begun business debating the new constitution for Uganda and the Kabaka of Buganda was settling onto his throne, following the 1993 restoration of the kingdoms ahead of the Constituent Assembly which, […]
Continue readingBesigye 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 serious matter, but the way the journalist puts it so carelessly leaves you no option but to laugh. The most recent treat of humour was served by the […]
Continue readingYou are an editor under deadline pressure and declining sales. The production manager says tomorrow’s paper is getting late, but the sales manager has just expressed grave concern at the low sales attributed to weak headlines over the past two weeks. What you need is a damn hot story to buy you some breathing space […]
Continue readingThe 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 event had been expected by all editors for some time now. It did not take them by surprise. There have been false alarms alleging the […]
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