For Immediate Release Thursday 13 March 2025 Kampala: Today, the Kawempe North by-election degenerated into seemingly choreographed attacks on journalists covering the polls to replace the late area member of parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya, who passed in January this year. Hasifah Nanvuma from Nation Media Group, Hassan Wasswa of NBS TV and Francis Ijjo from NTV […]
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KAMPALA: 6 October 2023 – At least 14 journalists from seven media houses were on 5 October 2023 arrested by security personnel while covering the return of the National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (also known as Bobi Wine), into the country. Several journalists were beaten, and their equipment including phones and cameras […]
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 31 January 2023 Kampala—On Thursday, 26 January 2023, Simon Muyanga Lutaaya, Al-mahadi Adam and Lukia Suubo Mpozza, working with Baba Television were suspended over a viral video viewed as “demeaning, mocking and ridiculing Parliament of Uganda’s role in the censure of Hon. Persis Namuganza.” The video was a recording of […]
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For Immediate Release 2 June 2022 KAMPALA The Board of Directors of African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) announces that Dr Peter G. Mwesige is stepping down as executive director after more than a decade of dedicated leadership. His last day at work is 30 June 2022. Dr George W. Lugalambi, who was interviewed […]
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15 March 2022 For Immediate Release Kampala — African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) demands the immediate and unconditional release of The Alternative DigiTalk TV staff who have been under state custody for nearly a week now. On 10 March 2022 security officers attached to the military raided DigiTalk’s offices at Kintu Zone in Kampala’s […]
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For Immediate Release 11 December 2020 Kampala—African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is dismayed by the 10 December directive by the Media Council of Uganda (MCU) to all practising journalists in Uganda to register for accreditation or risk losing the right to cover the 2021 elections and other official events. The same statement by the […]
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Photo by Daniel Lutaaya on Twitter For Immediate Release 13 November 2020 Kampala—African Centre for Media Excellence strongly condemns acts of violence against journalists who are covering the ongoing election campaigns. Over the last two weeks, at least six journalists have been attacked, injured, and/or arrested as they covered 2021 election-related events. On Thursday, 12 […]
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Photo credit: The Observer African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) condemns the high-handed manner in which the state has treated the directors and editors of Red Pepper, who have been in detention for two weeks. The continued shutdown of Red Pepper and its affiliate titles and radio station, the prolonged detention and delay to consider […]
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