Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis on Monday named a former Fox News correspondent to head up the Vatican press office and appointed the tiny state’s first-ever female deputy spokesperson. American Greg Burke, 56, brought in by the Vatican in 2013 to overhaul its public-relations operation, will …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda The closure and reopening of Daily Monitor and Red Pepper exposed the weaknesses, not the strength, of the state Finally, the government re-opened Daily Monitor and its affiliate radio stations KFM and Dembe on the one hand and the Red Pepper and her sister newspapers Kamunye …
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By Ronald Musoke Justice David Wangutusi has warned the Ugandan press against convicting Geoffrey Kazinda, the interdicted principal accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, before Court does so. Wangutusi said judgments being delivered in the newspapers are baseless. Speaking with direct eye contact with Kazinda, the judge said: …
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By Jocelyn Edwards On September 10th last year, police stormed the transmission room of the Baganda kingdoms Central Broadcasting Services (CBS) and carried away a link to the transmitter. The station suddenly went off the air. Its licence had been revoked by the Broadcasting Council for allegedly stirring up tribal …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
