Journalist attending training ahead of the 10th Parliament

The nomination for the new leadership position in the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) held with three candidates vying for the position of chairperson. The new leadership seeks to replace the old leadership which was under NTV journalists Agnes Nandutu.

The three nominees for the Uganda parliamentary press Association president include Isaac Imaka of the Daily Monitor, Moses Mulondo of the New vision and Francis Lubega of Radio Sapientia. Isaac Imaka from the Daily Monitor boosts of having five years experience after serving in various media and promising to link the Association and its members to other international organizations for different benefits. He  observed the need for a joint platform which will see them earning besides their earning from their media houses.

Moses Mulondo from the new vision wants to ensure that he liaise with the respective media houses so that reporters  payment improve and rewarding the best performing members of parliament. Lubega Francis pledged to improve the health status of journalists where they can access free medical services being the fourth estate. He reasons that many journalists have lost lives because of limited finances.

However Dickens Okello of ChimpReports is unopposed for secretary General and Rose Kasigwa of Paidha fm unopposed for the secretary for women Affairs. Vincent Kasozi of Sanyu fm, Joseph Sabiti NBS TV and Moses Walugembe are vying for the post of the vice president. Olive Eyotaro and Fred Mukasa Kiku kiwala  are contesting for the post of the organizing secretary. Others are Charles Mugerwa of CBS 88.8 FM  and Olive NAkatudde of Uganda Radio Network and other committee members.

The election is set for 15th for the respective position and under the UPPA constitution the president serves for two years.

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The newly elected mp forButambalaCounty, Muwanga Kivumbi has addressed his first press conference as legislator.

Muwanga Kivumbi was declared MP for Butambala on Wednesday trouncing his main rival Faisal Kikulukunyu.

He told the members of the press at DP headquarters today that his parliamentary victory is a major statement to the President and his NRM political organisation that they need to address the many grievances that have made people hate government officials and their political party.
Muwanga promises to work for the people of Butambala and ensure that they benefit from the taxes they pay.

The ButambalacountyMPseat fell vacant after court nullified the election victory of Kikulukunyu following a petition by Kivumbi, who accused him of voter bribery.

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The Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internship program brings two international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for a semester or summer term.

The internship is designed to give international students an opportunity to cover events in the U.S. capital, as well as to report and write feature stories for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire.

Stories written by Scripps Howard interns may be published in newspapers across the United States.

The internship is open to undergraduate journalism or communications students who intend to pursue careers in journalism after graduation.

Interns must be fluent in both spoken and written English.

Interns who are selected in the program will work in one of two periods: January to April or June to August.

The internship is sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation, which strives to advance the cause of a free press through support of excellence in journalism, quality journalism education and professional development.

International participants in the program are recruited and selected by the International Center for Journalists, which provides training and other assistance to journalists across the globe.

Deadlines: October 1 and March 1.

For more information and application, visit: Scripps Howard Semester in Washington Internship Program Website

The Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internship program brings two international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for a semester or summer term.

The internship is designed to give international students an opportunity to cover events in the U.S. capital, as well as to report and write feature stories for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire.

Stories written by Scripps Howard interns may be published in newspapers across the United States.

The internship is open to undergraduate journalism or communications students who intend to pursue careers in journalism after graduation.

Interns must be fluent in both spoken and written English.

Interns who are selected in the program will work in one of two periods: January to April or June to August.

The internship is sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation, which strives to advance the cause of a free press through support of excellence in journalism, quality journalism education and professional development.

International participants in the program are recruited and selected by the International Center for Journalists, which provides training and other assistance to journalists across the globe.

Deadlines: October 1 and March 1.

For more information and application, visit: Scripps Howard Semester in Washington Internship Program Website

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Besigye, also a member of Activists for Change (A4c) was suspected by the government to have had plans of addressing a press conference on police brutality at his offices on Katonga Road in Kampala.

The sources in police told journalists that the force feared that Besigye and his cohorts were going to expose cases of police brutality in which tens of Ugandans reportedly lost their lives. The sources said exposing such information to the public raises peoples’ emotions. However, the police worked on wrong information because the said press conference was set to be addressed by the A4C coordinator MP Mathias Mpuuga but not Besigye.

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Reports in Uganda’s music industry indicate that singer Juliana Kanyomozi could be
pregnant again. A source in the entertainment world told our informer that Juliana is currently not heard due to the pregnancy.

Juliana already has a child with music lover, Amon Lukwago. Lukwago and Juliana separated some years back prompting Juliana to compose a song the portrayed Amon in bad light. The song was titled ‘Nabikoowa nange.’

However people allege that Amon could not be responsible for the pregnancy considering the circumstances under which the two separated.

The Kantambule Nawe music ace has been enjoying steamy moments with men but without producing babies. Reports further indicate that if Juliana is truly pregnant the man responsible could be among the following: DJ Michael, Peter Miles, Mujib Kasule, Kassim Ouma or Godfrey Nyakaana. Efforts to get a comment from Juliana were futile by press time!

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Uganda is experiencing TB drugs but the National Resistance Movement government is planning to import the TB drugs in September. Today is March 15, 2012. We don’t know whether TB patients will not have died by September. Currently most hospitals in Uganda have run out of drugs.

The minister for Health, Christine Ondoa has told a press conference in Kampala this morning that the Government has earmarked 4 billion shillings to procure TB drugs starting with the month of September.

Ondoa says that the government is planning to distribute the drugs once imported to both private and government aided health centers across the country. TB is still one of the major causes of death in Uganda and Africa in general. Uganda registers, according to the ministry of health 330 per 1000 patients who report at the hospitals.

Uganda also experiences inadequate supply of fluorescent microscopes used in laboratories. The few microscopes the country has were procured a few years back by Global Fund grants.

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The Uganda and UN officials will meet in Entebbe next week to discuss how their secrets ended up leaking to the press.

The UN officials will also use the Kampala meeting to design a comprehensive regional strategy on combating the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.

The UN meeting will take place on Thursday and Friday. The first UN meeting this year on LRA rebels took place in Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the month of January.

The countries directly affected by the atrocities of LRA are Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern Sudan and the Central African Republic.

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This is surely some good news for supporters of MP Brenda Nabukenya. The rumour we have got now is that she could be two months pregnant.

Nabukenya won the recent Luweero district woman MP by election polls. Her close pals in DP rumored to us that she could be pregnant and the man responsible if it is true she is pregnant is not yet known to the press.

We are not confirming that the legislator is pregnant. But it is only rumoured that she could be pregnant. DP insiders tell us that if it is true the legislator is pregnant, the man responsible could be one of the vibrant and loaded men in the Democratic Party.

Some of the vibrant and loaded men in the democratic Party include Deputy Lord Mayor, Sulaiman Kidandala, DP Legal advisor and Mukasa Mbidde. Our investigation team is going on to investigate whether really the MP is pregnant. Remember Brenda is not yet blessed with a baby.

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Kiggundu while addressing a press conference in Kampalathis morning said that the commission has put a lot of information on the commission website but unfortunately Ugandans don’t visit the site. He says that Ugandans only visit www.ec.or.ug during election period. Kiggundu also gave journalists photocopies of the information he has on the commission’s website. He also said that the electoral Commission established under Article 60 of the Constitution of Uganda, with the mandate of conducting elections and referenda.

Kiggundu caused laughter when he said that the electoral commission of Ugandais ‘a model institution and centre of excellence in election management in East and Central Africa.”

He says that the commission has done a lot in educating and sensitising Ugandan voters on elections and referenda for effective election exercise. The electoral commission ofUganda has been discredited by many Ugandans for organizing unfair polls. The polls in Ugandan many times are rigged in favour of the ruling government.

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Kiggundu while addressing a press conference in Kampalathis morning said that the commission has put a lot of information on the commission website but unfortunately Ugandans don’t visit the site. He says that Ugandans only visit www.ec.or.ug during election period. Kiggundu also gave journalists photocopies of the information he has on the commission’s website. He also said that the electoral Commission established under Article 60 of the Constitution of Uganda, with the mandate of conducting elections and referenda.

Kiggundu caused laughter when he said that the electoral commission of Ugandais ‘a model institution and centre of excellence in election management in East and Central Africa.”

He says that the commission has done a lot in educating and sensitising Ugandan voters on elections and referenda for effective election exercise. The electoral commission ofUganda has been discredited by many Ugandans for organizing unfair polls. The polls in Ugandan many times are rigged in favour of the ruling government.

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