Kampala, Uganda | URN | Journalist Pidson Kareire, who was abducted, tortured, and then charged with defaming the former Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, has been awarded 30million shillings by the High Court in Kampala. High Court judge, Simon Peter Kinobe, held that Kareire had provided convincing evidence to …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | Long before Bugoma Forest became a national political issue, Gerald Tenywa was writing about it. Through years of encroachment, contested land titles, illegal logging and institutional hesitation, the veteran journalist refused to abandon the story. Today, as the government moves to convert the tropical forest into …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | High Court judge Collins Acellam has ordered journalist, Henry Lubulwa to pay 60 million shillings for defaming Letshego Uganda Limited, a microfinance organization and its Chief Executive Officer Aijukwe Germany Giles. Using his website, Entebbe Post, Lubulwa allegedly defamed Aijukwe and Letshego when he wrote that they …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Law Development Centre Magistrates Court in Kampala has granted a cash bail of five million shillings to Alternative Digital journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose, who has been on remand for more than a month. Mukose, who is accused of broadcasting fake news and sending false distress …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The gunman who shot dead veteran Vision Group journalist Joe Nam left behind everything else, taking only his phone, in what residents now suspect was a targeted killing. Nam, 55, was killed on Sunday at his home in Kawanda Central Zone, Nabweru Division, Wakiso District. Residents say …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Arnold Anthony Mukose, a journalist at Digital Talk online television, has appeared before the court on charges of publishing false and distressing news about the death of First Lady Janet Museveni and was remanded to Luzira Prison. Mukose was arrested over the weekend as he exited …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Security operatives on Sunday arrested Digitaltalk Media journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose, one of the petitioners in the recently nullified Computer Misuse Act 2022, on unspecified charges. Mukose was picked up shortly after appearing on a political talk show on 90.8 Metro FM, located on Martin Road …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Journalist Perez Rumanzi has lost a civil case against former Kabale District Police Commander, Dickens Bindeba, and former Kigezi Regional Operations Commander, Abraham Asiimwe. Rumanzi filed the case in the Mbarara High Court, seeking declarations that the alleged beating, molestation, and unlawful arrest he experienced …
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Award-winning journalism activist Agather Atuhaire shares the story of her fears and frustrations as she experiences threats and intimidation first hand ANALYSIS | APOPHIA AGIRESAASI | Although Uganda’s Constitution guarantees press freedom, it has been deteriorating in recent years with increasing restrictions on media. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s government, which has …
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Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding Saul Ssimbwa, the Deputy Buvuma District Internal Security Officer-ISO for assaulting Henry Nsubuga, the New Vision correspondent for Greater Mukono. Nsubuga had gone for an interview at the Resident District Commissioner’s office on Thursday morning when Ssimbwa assaulted him. According to …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
