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Defending truth in an age of polarisation: Keynote address at the Kampala World Press Freedom Day 2025 symposium

This keynote address, delivered by Mr Phillip Karugaba at Makerere University during the Uganda Media Sector Working Group’s World Press Freedom Day Symposium 2025, speaks to the role of journalism in Uganda’s democratic life. Drawing from recent political events and historical context, Karugaba reflects on the resilience of journalists, the erosion of public trust in […]

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Uganda Media Sector Working Group joint statement on the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day 2024

Kampala, Uganda On 3rd May 2024, Uganda, like in the past years, will join the rest of the global community to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day 2024. The day was proclaimed in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly. We are marking the Day under the global theme, ‘A Press for the Planet: Journalism […]

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Covid-19 forces Ugandan media to face its weakness and prioritise its roles

Journalists in Uganda have been challenged to ask the right questions and hold power to account as they report on the Covid-19 pandemic. During a World Press Freedom Day webinar conducted by African Centre for Media Excellence on Monday May 4, the session’s panellists observed the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed underlying weaknesses that the media […]

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Social media stories: Unpacking ‘journalism without fear or favour’

On World Press Freedom Day, Uganda media professionals converged on Twitter to reflect on professionalism and independence of media in the country. In a tweet chat held on Saturday May 2, 2020, leading editors, media development professionals and thinkers discussed the theme of the day: “Journalism without fear or favour”. “It speaks to the principle […]

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The role of media in electoral democracy

This article was originally published in Daily Monitor. By Harold Acemah On June 20, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) and Uganda Human Rights Commission organised a one-day post-World Press Freedom Day dialogue for a variety of stakeholders in Arua Town, at which I was privileged to deliver the keynote address. Below are excerpts of […]

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Media and Elections in Uganda – World Press Freedom Day 2019 keynote address

The following paper on Media and Elections in Uganda was presented by Dr Livingstone Sewanyana, Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative at the World Press Freedom Day 2019 Uganda conference. The conference organised by the African Centre for Media Excellence, CIPESA, Uganda Human Rights Commission, Freedom House and several other media development […]

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Internet censorship in Uganda is neither necessary nor proportionate – CIPESA

Uganda Communications Commission has been challenged about its heavy-handed approach to perceived threats to public order by the media. Speaking at a World Press Freedom Day 2019 conference in Kampala, Dr Wairagala Wakabi, the executive director of the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for Eastern and Southern Africa (CIPESA) said there has never been a […]

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