By Liz Corbin, Director of News, EBU, and Vincent Peyrègne, CEO, WAN-IFRA. We all want to understand the world around us. Perhaps we want more clarity about the war in Gaza, or what our government is doing about the healthcare our family relies on. It might be something as simple as changes to a bus […]
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Aggie Asiimwe Konde and George Lugalambi On 15 August in Kampala, more than 20 editors and media leaders from various Ugandan news organisations participated in a listening session to share insights about the coverage of agriculture by the news media. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the African Centre for Media […]
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Hayes Mabweazara, University of Glasgow and Bethia Pearson, University of Glasgow Media capture happens when media outlets lose their independence and fall under the influence of political or financial interests. This often leads to news content that favours power instead of public accountability. Media Capture in Africa and Latin America: Power and Resistance is a […]
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When the Daily Monitor reported that three top officials in Mpigi District had been arrested over alleged bribery in public service hiring, the story was clear and compelling. The facts, as laid out by in the article, are that job applicants were being asked to pay between Shs50,000 and Shs15 million in “appreciation” fees to […]
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Uganda’s media sector faces mounting constraints from restrictive laws, expansive regulatory controls and financial pressure, according to a new report by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME). The report, Vulnerable Media, Struggling Democracy, examines legal developments, statutory decisions and court rulings from 2019 to 2024. It documents how these forces, set against a shifting […]
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On June 4, 2025, the New Vision newspaper published a story headlined ‘Museveni extends a helping hand to market vendors’. It reported that more than 900 vendors from Nakasongola and Luwero districts had each received UGX 100,000 courtesy of President Yoweri Museveni. The story noted that the funds were intended to help vendors “improve their […]
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In January this year, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni made headlines with his controversial remarks and financial gesture towards journalists in the Busoga region. During an interaction, he stated, “I know you are poor, and you work for poor radios, now I want to immunise you with Shs100 million so that you stop being used.” Alongside […]
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By Hedwig Arinaitwe For many Ugandans, the day begins with the sound of a radio. It is a familiar and comforting sound – the voices of enthusiastic presenters delivering the morning news, weather updates, music and public announcements. In cities and quiet villages, radios are a constant presence, bridging the gap between information and everyday […]
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