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Museveni says MPs should not own radio stations

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has criticized Members of Parliament and journalists for setting up private radio stations in rural areas, describing the trend as unnecessary and counterproductive. Speaking to journalists from the Tooro region on Sunday at the state lodge in Fort Portal, Museveni …

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Veteran journalists urged to prepare early for retirement

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Media practitioners have been urged to begin early retirement preparations amid growing concerns over poor pay and a lack of social security planning within the profession. The call was made during the belated celebration of the World Press Freedom Day organized by the Northern …

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Journalists urged to press for dialogue, unity amid rising attacks

LUWERO, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Journalists have been urged to actively press the government for constructive dialogue as a key step toward finding lasting solutions to the persistent attacks against the media, many of which have involved brutal actions by security forces. Speaking Saturday during the World Press Freedom …

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Female journalists in Karamoja demand safer, fairer newsrooms

MOROTO, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Female journalists in the Karamoja sub-region have used this year’s World Press Freedom Day to call for a better working environment, protection from harassment, and greater representation in newsrooms. Munirah Suwed, the News Editor at Ateker FM and Chairperson of the Karamoja Women’s Journalist …

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Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on the war on facts: Why JATT will continue terrorizing journalists

COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | In 2021, acclaimed Filipino journalist Maria Ressa won the Nobel Peace Prize (alongside Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov) in unprecedented recognition of the role of journalism in today’s world. Underscoring the award, the Nobel Committee stated, “Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of …

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KAWEMPE: UPDF starts investigating attack on journalists, ‘lawbreakers will be dealt with firmly’

UPDF concerned about alleged beating and harassment of journalists by members of the security forces Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have announced that they will investigate reported incidents of security forces clobbering journalists and confiscating equipment during today’s by-election in Kawempe. This is …

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