Nothing is so exciting like breaking a piece of news to the whole world in journalism. The joy becomes even greater when the impact of the story is seen with empirical evidence especially from the reactions of the masses to that story. All this is dependent on media freedom.
The responsibility of the media in Uganda is to look at all sides of the events leading to the development of the country, given the fact that they are the watchdog of society.
The Red Pepper, a daily tabloid news paper in Uganda, in the recent past ran a series of stories about an alleged love affair between President Muamar el Gaddafi of Libya and Toro Kingdom’s Queen Mother, Ms. Best Kemigisa. On the 18th February 2009, two editors of the paper, Mr. Richard Tusiime and Mr. Francis Mutazindwa were criminalized.
The Uganda Media Development Foundation (UMDF), an organization that advocates for press freedom protested against what they called the continuing criminalization of publication offences. The Foundation’s Coordinator, Mr. John Bosco Mayiga in a press release described it as unconstitutional and a threat to Press Freedom.
The responsibility of the media in Uganda is to look at all sides of the events leading to the development of the country, given the fact that they are the watchdog of society.
The Red Pepper, a daily tabloid news paper in Uganda, in the recent past ran a series of stories about an alleged love affair between President Muamar el Gaddafi of Libya and Toro Kingdom’s Queen Mother, Ms. Best Kemigisa. On the 18th February 2009, two editors of the paper, Mr. Richard Tusiime and Mr. Francis Mutazindwa were criminalized.
The Uganda Media Development Foundation (UMDF), an organization that advocates for press freedom protested against what they called the continuing criminalization of publication offences. The Foundation’s Coordinator, Mr. John Bosco Mayiga in a press release described it as unconstitutional and a threat to Press Freedom.
