The Ugandan media industry needs a paradigm shift, which deconstructs media values that hinder performance and promote conflict, Dr William Tayeebwa has said. Dr Tayeebwa, Head of the Department of Journalism and Communication at Makerere University, made this call in his keynote address at a World Press Freedom Day 2017 conference held in Kampala on […]
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Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Deborah R. Malac World Press Freedom Day Celebrations Golf Course Hotel, Kampala Wednesday, May 3, 4:30pm Good afternoon, and thank you for that warm welcome. I am pleased to join you all today as we mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day. This is a great opportunity to re-dedicate ourselves […]
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Speech by Morgens Pedersen, the Ambassador of Denmark (on behalf of EU) at the Conference held at Golf Course Hotel Kampala on 3rd of May, to mark World Press Freedom Day 2017 Hon Minister ICT and National Guidance Ambassador and members of the diplomatic corps Representatives from media houses, networks of journalists and press associations […]
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Freedom of the press in Uganda is deceptive. Print journalists in the country’s capital, Kampala, can enjoy some relative freedom. Journalists outside Kampala – particularly radio journalists working in local languages focused on rural populations – face frequent challenges in freely reporting on issues deemed sensitive by local authorities loyal to the ruling party. – […]
Continue readingThe widely condemned closure of media houses in Uganda entered day nine on Tuesday, May 28, with dramatic scenes involving scuffles between the police and protesting journalists. Two WBS TV reporters, Mr Williams Ntege and Mr Mulindwa Mukasa, were arrested during the protest, which lasted about three hours outside the Daily Monitor head offices on […]
Continue readingDespite mounting condemnation, police on Thursday evening arrested five of several protestors who marched to the Daily Monitor offices in Kampala protesting the newspaper’s continued closure as security agents search for documents written by a senior military officer regarding presidential succession. Riot police, backed up by a water cannon, deployed as soon as the protestors […]
Continue readingThe government’s closure of two privately owned Ugandan dailies and two radio stations entered day three today, May 22, with one of the newspapers beating the odds to print what its editors dubbed the “Freedom Issue”. “Red Pepper is back where it started 12 years ago,” reads a post on the paper’s Facebook wall. “Printing […]
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