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Government Runs out of Excuses, Finally Bireete Gets Temporary Freedom | Voice of Bugerere Home Politics Government Runs out of Excuses, Finally Bireete Gets Temporary Freedom

By Alexander Luyima KAMPALA — The human cost of press freedom violations is often measured in headlines and arrest tallies. For Susan Nsibirwa, the Managing Director of Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda, it is measured in the trembling hands and haunted eyes of a journalist who was simply doing their job. In a raw and revealing account, Nsibirwa described the …

The recent blockade of Nation Media Group (NTG) journalists from Parliament has placed the institution’s Speaker, Anita Among, at the center of a burgeoning storm over press freedom in Uganda. While the Deputy Speaker has distanced the top leadership from the decision, the incident has prompted intense speculation about the Speaker’s motives and her burgeoning profile within Uganda’s complex political …

A standoff over media freedom erupted at the Parliament of Uganda on Tuesday morning after security personnel reportedly blocked a news crew from Nation Media Group’s NTV Uganda from entering the parliamentary precincts, sparking outrage from opposition legislators and renewed concerns about the shrinking space for independent journalism. According to reports, the NTV journalists were stopped at the main entrance …

LGBT Voice Tanzania calls on the state to protect all queer people Two Tanzanian men with rainbow flags. (Photo courtesy of LGBT Voice Tanzania) A report from the LGBTQ+ advocacy group LGBT Voice Tanzania describes the destruction that systemic homophobia is wreaking on LGBTQ+ people in the East African state. Below is a summary of the report’s findings and calls …

KAMPALA– Singer Ibrahim Mayanja aka Big eye has accepted the results of NUP Elections Management Committee (EMC) which declared Journalist Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa as the Party Flag bearer for position of Member of Parliament representing Nansana Municipality. Singer Big Eye. (courtesy photo) “The journey to freedom is not defined by leadership positions. While they guide us, true liberation has always been, …