Three journalists of Lubirizi district-based Grace Radio have been arrested by police for what they termed as demanding for the cumulative salary arrears.

The arrested include; the programmes director Owen Baruku, Wilson Asiimwe a news anchor and Daniel Katongole who doubles as a presenter and news anchor.

The two other staff Deborah Kanimba (News anchor) and Sarah Ninyirikiriza (presenter) hid when police attempted to arrest them.
Grace radio is being run by Lions of Judah Limited owned by Pastor Nassan Ibrahim Turyamureeba.

The pastor also owns Grace cathedral Kasese and Bester Cathedral Bushenyi. The Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) today issued a statement saying that more than 12 radio staffs are neither working with appointment letters for years nor paid salaries.

The staff who spoke to HRNJ-Uganda researcher said they wrote to the management on 28th/July/2011 demanding for payment of their cumulative arrears before 1st/August/2011 failure they threatened to lay down their tools. The staff in their July 28th letter also demanded for employment letters and contracts.

According to the staff, the deadline passed without response and some journalists went ahead with a sit-down strike

By Isaac Senabulya