Uncategorized – Uganda Editors' Guild

Statement: Police should stop the never-ending brutality against journalists

KAMPALA: 6 October 2023 – At least 14 journalists from seven media houses were on 5 October 2023 arrested by security personnel while covering the return of the National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (also known as Bobi Wine), into the country. Several journalists were beaten, and their equipment including phones and cameras confiscated …

Statement: Police should stop the never-ending brutality against journalists Read More »

PROTESTING UNLAWFUL DIRECTIVE ON GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING

Leave a Comment

KAMPALA, JULY 24, 2023: The Uganda Editors’ Guild (UEG) vehemently protests the arbitrary and unconstitutional directive issued by President Yoweri Museveni on March 6, 2023, and further reinforced by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance on July 10, 2023. This directive mandates all government advertising to be channeled solely through the Uganda Broadcasting …

PROTESTING UNLAWFUL DIRECTIVE ON GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING Read More »

DANIEL KALINAKI ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE EASTERN AFRICA EDITORS’ SOCIETY

Leave a Comment

PRESS RELEASE: EASTERN AFRICA EDITORS SOCIETY Lusaka: 12 May 2023: The Eastern Africa Editors’ Society today elected Daniel Kalinaki, the chair of the Uganda Editors’ Guild, as its next President. Mr. Kalinaki was elected unanimously during the Society’s Annual General Meeting by representatives from the Kenya Editors’ Guild, Tanzania Editors’ Forum and the Editors’ Guild …

DANIEL KALINAKI ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE EASTERN AFRICA EDITORS’ SOCIETY Read More »

World Press Freedom Day: Democracy dies in darkness

Leave a Comment

Today marks the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. In the years since the proliferation of independent media in many countries and the rise of digital and social media have unshackled information from its moorings and allowed its free flow. However, media freedom, free speech and freedom of expression remain under attack in many …

World Press Freedom Day: Democracy dies in darkness Read More »

POLICE MUST WALK THE TALK ON JOURNALISTS’ SAFETY

Leave a Comment

KAMPALA, APRIL 17, 2023: The Uganda police and security agencies must stop attacks on journalists going about their job of providing vital information to the public for an informed citizenry that holds public officials accountable. Despite previous expressions of commitment to stop violence against journalists, the vice has remained rampant with the latest being the …

POLICE MUST WALK THE TALK ON JOURNALISTS’ SAFETY Read More »