Bebe Cool has scooped himself a nomination in the Carolina Music Video Awards (CMVA) for his song Freedom. In the category of best International Music Video, Bebe Cool will be battling it out with other international artists like Drumma SC, Takar Nabbam, Awarthanga Chiru and Vanlalchhanhima Ralte. The winner in this category will be performing at […]
Courage in Journalism Awards: The Courage in Journalism Awards honor women working in the news media who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances. These women show a commitment to journalism exemplified by a willingness to continually put their lives or their freedom at risk to […]
The coordinators of Activists for Change (A4C) have resolved to refuse to put on hold their activities during the period when the parliament of Uganda would be hosting the Inter -Parliamentary Union assembly. Sources within A4C told this informer that this would be their right time to show the dignitaries visiting Uganda for the meeting […]
Members of opposition political parties including Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and Democratic Party (DP) have threatened to pull out of the National Consultative Forum (NCF) because president Museveni’s government doesn’t listen to their concerns. The leadership of opposition parties have told us that they supported NCF in the beginning but it has now turned […]
Col. Kiiza Besigye, the head of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is one of the freedom fighters in Uganda. Besigye, a retired soldier of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces is currently in USA where he has met with dozens of Ugandans who fled the country due to reported silent mistreatment of opposition politicians in Kampala. Besigye, […]
General Elly Tumwine has told off president Museveni to stop playing around with the blood of those people who sacrificed for freedom. This was during the PAC report debate on the financial scandal involving NRM’s entrepreneur, Hassan Basajjabalaba who was given the compensation of over 142 billion shillings as compensation for losing tenders in the […]
The Media for Liberty Award seeks to acknowledge and encourage media contributions that explore the relationship between economic and political liberty. The most outstanding entry, published or transmitted in the preceding calendar year (between January 1 and December 31) will receive an award of $50,000. Economists and political theorists have long debated the relationship between […]
After the kingdom of Buganda warned against the publication of stories about the kingdom’s new born Prince Richard Semakookiro, the cultural leader of Buluri Mwogezi Mwasansozi Butamanya has said Buganda kingdom or its head Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi have no powers to block anyone from talking about the new born prince. Mwasansozi says that if […]
Members of Uganda Media Council have been reshuffled and replaced with new ones according to sources in the ministry of Information and National guidance. The information minister, Karooro Okrut inaugurated the new media council on Tuesday this week inKampala. The new members on the Media Council are Dr. Gorreti Nassanga (chairperson) and Dr. Amooti […]
FDC leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye has promised to continue with his anti government protests in the New Year until the current inflation, political persecution of opposition members and politically motivated arrests ends. Besigye’s remarks comes after the police in Kampala told the media yesterday that the FDC president will continue to be under their surveillance […]