Let’s face it. 2024 has been a very challenging year for media organizations and journalists in Uganda. Advertisers have cut back on spending leaving many media houses in a poor financial state. Some can’t make the monthly payroll while others have closed shop. Generally, many media organizations are just hobbling to the 2024 finish line,…
They had rehearsed their act so perfectly; if they had been in Hollywood, they might have gotten a movie shooting deal for a thriller. The cast: A group of youths from the National Unity Platform (NUP). A minister. A batch of ticked ballot papers. A president eager to listen to the mouthwatering plot. A senior…
On Friday, Mathias Mpuuga, the former leader of the opposition, was unveiled as the leader of The Democratic Alliance (DA) a new political platform largely made up of members of the DP bloc and former supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP). While the event created excitement, and hope and made news headlines, there were…
The last time Mathias Mpuuga, the former leader of the opposition, made news headlines was on October 28,. On that day, he addressed a press briefing at Parliament where he blasted the government for pushing through the enactment of the Coffee Bill which many opposition members and some people had opposed. Since then, Mpuuga’s public…
Once Upon A time…Students from all over the region craved to study at Makerere University. That was in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s when the institution was regarded as the ‘Harvard’ of Africa. Among other faculties, the university arguably had the best Medical School in the region. It was also the bastion of academic research…
In the early 2000s when he worked as a sports reporter for The Sunrise newspaper at National Theatre, Ramathan Ggoobi endlessly effused about Kenneth Matovu, the gifted New Vision sports journalist and columnist who perished in an accident in 2001. Ggoobi, then wanted to become the next “Matovu” only that he appeared more interested in…
The arrest (or abduction) of Dr Kizza Besigye from Kenya sent shock waves within the opposition ranks and evoked memories of the 70s and early 80s when such acts were commonplace in the region. Besigye and Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya were yesterday charged in the General Court Martial with illegal possession of firearms and remanded to…
There was a time when the name John Patrick Amama Mbabazi (JPAM) evoked power, fear and respect. Fellow ministers prostrated before him. His political opponents feared to cross his path. Whenever he gestured to the speaker that he needed to say something, the House fell silent. You could hear a pin drop as every MP…
In the last 365 days, President Museveni traveled out of Africa twice. First, he attended the second Africa-Russia Summit in July 2023 before proceeding to Serbia where he launched Uganda’s Coffee Hub In November of the same year, Museveni traveled to the United Arab Emirates on the invitation of its leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed…
Running a media organization in Uganda can be quite challenging. Shrinking advertising revenues and the bleak economic environment mean that most media organizations must tread carefully. They must please a few people and organizations who pull the purse strings hoping to make some money. That is why many media organizations will not dare write critical…
