A Kibaale district based journalist Ismail Kasooha has been ill-treated while covering a strike by rioting students of St. Adolf Secondary School. Kasooha, a freelance with the New Vision and Kagadi Kibaale Community Radio (KKCR) was reportedly hit with stones by rowdy students who also pelted stones at their teachers. The irate students staged a violent […]
A court in Mpigi district has dismissed a case of publishing false news against Central Broadcasting Service (CBS) FM journalist Yoweri Musisi. Musisi 37, a resident of Nabusanke, Nkozi Sub county Mpigi district was charged with publishing false news on 24th/March/2011 by Buwama Grade II magistrate court. Charge came after Musisi had been arrested and […]
Ugandan journalists have slapped a boycott on government activities over the 14 journalists who were physically attacked while covering the return of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Dr. Kiiza Besigye. More than a dozen of journalists have been physically attacked including being shot, intimidated, arbitrarily arrested and detained, restrictions imposed on their […]
The Uganda Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) Forum is set to petition the Parliament of Uganda over the recently proposed Press and Journalist Statute Amendment bill which seeks to introduce more restrictions on media freedoms and enforce more responsibility for journalists and media houses. This was revealed by Arthur Larok, the Programmes Director of NGO Forum […]