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Eleven Reasons Why You Should Invest In Media Monitoring

Eleven Reasons Why You Should Invest In Media Monitoring

It is every brand’s dream to stay on top of the publicity game and reach as many people as possible, hence the need to employ different avenues of communication – print, broadcast and online. With all this, it is important to know how your communication efforts are doing and the yields therein; and that’s where […]

Parliamentarians call for laws to curb media sensationalism

Parliamentarians call for laws to curb media sensationalism

Members of parliament called for tougher laws to curb inaccuracies and sensationalism carried in the media against parliament. MPs, who were reacting to a communication from Speaker Rebecca Kadaga during plenary said media houses were abusing their freedom of expression. In her communication, Speaker Kadaga said several publications and broadcasts were meant to ridicule and tarnish […]

Female journalists recognised for election coverage

Female journalists recognised for election coverage

Excelling female journalists who performed well in the 2016 election coverage have been recognized in Uganda. Women journalists were given awards for their hard work and good performance in the media industry and participating in covering the 2016 elections despite the hardship they faced. Twenty women journalists recognized by the Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) at […]

Uganda Communications Commission wants 70% local content in new broadcasting quota regulations

The UgIn a public notice issues on Wednesday the commission also wants pay televisions to ensure that 20% of their bouquet offering carries Ugandan channels. The UCC says the move is aimed at ensuring that the communications sector plays its role in promoting national development. The new quota regulations take effect on January 1st 2014, but it […]

Eating ground nuts reduces heart diseases

  Hundreds of people around the world consume ground nuts prepared or cooked in many forms. Some people eat ground nuts when they are in raw form, others eat them steamed or roasted but still all consumers get the benefits of ground nuts. However to benefit fully, ground nuts should be steamed but not roasted […]

Uganda fines a Turkish man for dealing in pornographic materials

  Uganda being a religious country, its leaders have no smiles for people who deal in pornographic materials and the people who molest girls. On Wednesday the court in Uganda fined the Turkish national, Emin Baro, the 53-year-old man who was on Monday sentenced to two years in jail at Luzira Maximum security prison after […]

Museveni orders police to beef up security at parliament, Serena Hotel, Imperial Royal Hotel

President Museveni has directed police to beef up security at Serena Hotel Kampala and Imperial Royale Hotel Kampala and around parliament. Why? This is because police have to give security to over 2,000 delegates who are expected to converge inKampalanext week to participate in the Inter- Parliamentary Union Conference. The conference is going to be […]

Cardinal asks Police to respect uniform they wear, civilians

  Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala has asked the members of the police force to respect the uniform they put on and the civilians whose tax the government uses to buy policemen uniforms. Preaching in the morning mass at Rubaga Catholic Cathedral in Kampala today, the cardinal told the policemen to respect the constitution of Uganda, other […]

KCCA to turn Owino market into largest shopping mall inEast Africa

  Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has finalized plans to turn Owino (St. Balikuddembe) market into a largest shopping mall in East and centralAfrica. The sources at KCCA told our informers that the council plans to spend 28 million US dollars in the reconstruction of Owino into a modern and largest shopping mall. The KCCA […]

New political pressure group similar to A4C launches in Kampala

A new political pressure group similar to Activists for Change (A4C) has launched its national wide programme in Kampala. The pressure group of concerned Ugandan citizens has been named the National Action for Awakening Uganda (NAAU ). It officially launched shop at Fair Way hotel in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). Its national coordinator is […]

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