With the general election in Uganda just weeks away, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has rolled out introduced the Presidential Campaign Promises Tracker — a digital platform designed to support rigorous, evidence-based election reporting at this decisive moment. This pilot platform provides journalists, news managers, and content producers with a centralised, reliable source […]
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By John Baptist Wasswa NB: The responsibility of an MP is to represent constituents in Parliament where laws are made; where the national cake is shared through budget allocations; where MPs are supposed to hold the Executive accountable through scrutiny. However, MPs often campaign using promises of development projects even when they do not have […]
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By Peter G. Mwesige Dear friends in the Ugandan media, I salute you for your courage and diligence as you continue providing citizens and the whole world with information about Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections held last week. In particular, I commend those in your number who have offered or attempted to offer analysis, depth, […]
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Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC TV), which is by law mandated to give equitable time to all presidential candidates, has continued to pay disproportionate attention to President Yoweri Museveni. This is one of the findings of the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) December report on media coverage of Uganda’s 2016 general election released today. The […]
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The six-month project, which started on 1 September 2015, analyses stories on presidential and parliamentary elections with a view to establishing whether the media contribute to free and fair elections. More important, the project aims to point out gaps in media coverage of the electoral process so that they are addressed in good time.
Continue readingThe African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has commenced a six-month project to monitor media coverage of Uganda’s 2016 general elections. This project, funded by the Democratic Governance Facility, is part of ACME’s mission to help to transform the news media into effective watchdogs and more reliable and credible sources of information. Additionally, it is […]
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