African Centre for Media Excellence
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The so-called scientific election in which media-based campaigns have replaced (sort of) mass public rallies appears to have given Uganda’s traditional news media a new lease of life. The sales …
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The results of the opinion poll by Research World International (RWI) have predictably provoked debate (and in some cases anger and outrage) not only about the accuracy of the results, …
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A lot has been written about the credible claim that the future of media is digital. Sadly we still appear to be paying more attention to the medium than to …
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Dear journalist, The enormity of the COVID-19 crisis should not stop you from holding our political leaders and other forms of officialdom accountable. The biggest role of the media in …
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By Peter G. Mwesige I find it frustrating but not shocking that Tuesday’s newspapers and many radio and television bulletins in Uganda did not carry the news that the Uganda …
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By Peter G. Mwesige It is reported that business is getting back to normal in Kenya after last week’s election, which incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta officially won. I am not sure …
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By Peter G. Mwesige In a few hours, President Yoweri Museveni will deliver to Parliament an address on the “state of the nation”. It is a constitutional requirement for the …
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By Peter G. Mwesige The Ugandan Cabinet’s ban on “ALL live broadcast media coverage of the activities of the ‘Defiance Campaign’ organized by Dr. Kizza Besigye and his cohorts” is …
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