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Media and Elections m e d i a and elections Page 1 Publisher FOREWORD Uganda Media Development Foundation P.O.BOX 21778, KAMPALA Early in 2011 the Ugandan people will be called to vote in the PLOT 976, MUGERWA ROAD BUKOTO Parliamentary and Presidential elections, the fourth elections after Tel:+256 414 532083 the promulgation of the 1995 constitution and only the second Email: [email protected] under the new multiparty dispensation. The media has a crucial Website: www.umdf.co.ug role to play in this process - before, during as well as after the elections - since they provide information for the voters and help Project Editor creating transparency in the electoral process. Gertrude Benderana Only informed citizens can effectively practice their democratic Tel: +256 772 323325 rights, and a pre-condition for an informed choice of the voters is Email:[email protected] a free and vibrant media landscape. The media provide a platform for the people to get to know the available alternatives and learn UMDF National Coordinator about the different candidates and what they stand for. At the Mathias Mulumba Mayombwe same time, the candidates and parties competing for power can Tel: + 256 752 964448 actively use this platform for reaching out to the voters and getting Email: [email protected] their messages across. However, for the media to effectively fulfill their democratic role, UMDF Chairman particularly during times of election, a number of challenges have James Kigozi to be managed. This includes ensuring responsible conduct of Email:[email protected] journalists and adherence of basic principles and quality standards Photo credit: All pictures courtesy of the New in reporting, as well as promoting a free environment for objective Vision printing and publishing corp. reporting and working on a constructive relationship between the media and political actors and state agencies. Editors Promoting an independent and professional media is an important John Baptist Wasswa component of the work of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Tel: +256 782 294 777 Uganda. KAS has been active in the country for more than three Email: [email protected] decades in the areas of promoting democracy, good governance, [email protected] human rights and the rule of law. In light of our approach of providing support to local initiatives and cooperating with Adolf Mbaine indigenous organizations in Uganda, a strong long-term partner Tel: + 256 782 396551 like the Uganda Media Development Foundation (UMDF) plays Email: [email protected] an important role for achieving the common goal of a peaceful, [email protected] democratic and prospering society. For more than 15 years KAS and UMDF have been implementing Funding various activities together in order to empower media practitioners Special thanks to Konrad Adenauer Stiftung by training their professional skills, promoting an enabling for their immense financial assistance. KAS environment for a free and vibrant media and enhancing awareness is located on Plot 51 A, Prince Charles Drive, among political and other stakeholders on media-related issues. Kololo, P.O. Box 647 Kampala, Uganda In 2010, the specific focus of the trainings for journalists conducted Tel: +256 414 25 96 11 by UMDF with support from KAS was “Elections Reporting” and www.kas.de/Uganda in this light it is a logical step that the first edition of this journal Uganda Media Review is dedicated to the same topic. The Design & print publication of this journal – the first of its kind in Uganda – marks Media PH limited another milestone in the cooperation between KAS and UMDF. Email: [email protected], The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung wishes to express sincere gratitude Tel: +256 0312 371217 to UMDF for the many years of fruitful cooperation. Our special thanks go to the authors who contributed articles to this journal and to the staff members of UMDF without whose commitment Copyright and good work this publication would not have been successfully We consider the stories and photographs realized. submitted to Review to be the property of their creaters, we supply their contacts so that you can source the owner or a story or photograph you might like to reprint. Our Peter Girke requirement is that the reprint of a story Country Representative should carry a credit saying that it first Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Uganda appeared in the Uganda Media Review. Page 2 UGANDA MEDIA REVIEW CONTRIBUTORS GERTRUDE BENDERANA GAWAYA TEGULLE Gertrude Benderana is the UMDF Media and Gawaya Tegulle has since 1995, worked variously Democracy Project Manager with an experience as a political writer and editor for The People, The of 6 years in media development and 4 years in New Vision and The Daily Monitor newspapers. He active journalism. She has also worked on several has also been a political talkshow host on radio projects aimed at endowing journalists with skills and television, with spells at WBS, NTV and UBC to create a positive impact in society. As a creative televisions; plus Impact FM and Radio One. He writer, some of her works are found on her personal currently hosts Deadline and Matters of Policy on blog at http://wwwafricantrudy.blogspot.com. You UBC Television and Agenda 2011 on Impact FM. could contact her at umdf. [email protected] He is a lawyer and journalist by training. [email protected] MOSES SSERWANGA ADOLF MBAINE Moses Sserwanga has 17 years working experience in Journalism having served as a war reporter and assistant news editor at The New Vision and now Adolf E. Mbaine holds an MA in Journalism and serving as Saturday and Sunday Monitor Editor. Mr. Media Studies from Rhodes University and has been Sserwanga is also an advocate of the High Court teaching at the Department of Mass Communication of Uganda with vast experience in human rights, at Makerere University since 1996. He specializes in commercial, environment law and civil litigation. media policy and regulation. He is also the Managing He has written many articles about human rights, Director of Vachi Communications Ltd, a media and rule of law and good governance issues. Some of communications consultancy firm. He is a doctoral his articles can be found on his blog: msserwanga.blogspot.com student at Rhodes University. and he can be reached on email: [email protected] or [email protected] JOHN KAMYA BENON OLUKA John Kamya is an Assistant Commissioner of Benon Herbert Oluka, 27, works as a special Police in Charge of the Training Planning Unit in the projects writer at the Daily Monitor Newspaper. Uganda Police Force. He has worked in different He started practising journalism professionally in departments of the police for the last 16 years. 2004 and has a special interest in reporting human He holds a BA in Social Sciences, MA in Human interest stories. Rights and a Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication all from Makerere University. He is currently a PhD Student at the same in the field of Human Rights.He is a published author in academic journals and book titles. [email protected] ANN MUGUNGA HARUNA KANAABI Ann Mugunga is a Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication. She holds a BA Mass Haruna Kanaabi is the Executive Secretary of the Communication from Makerere University, and Independent Media Council a self regulatory body an MA International Communications from the for the media in Uganda. Prior he was Coordinator University of Leeds (UK). She is majorly interested of the Eastern Africa Media Institute Uganda in the print media, both paper and electronic, the Chapter and was Secretary General of the Uganda challenges of a changing print media landscape, Journalists Association. He was the editor of the public affairs journalism, and media regulation in defunct The Shariat newsletter from the early nineties Uganda. Her research interests are in media regulation, media to early 2000. He is a strong advocate of media self- freedom, and international communications. regulation and freedom of the press in general. Email: [email protected] [email protected] J.B.WASSWA DENIS JJUUKO John Baptist Wasswa is lecturer in the Department Denis Jjuuko, a former United Nations media of Mass Communication at Makerere University. consultant holds a MA Journalism and Media His teaching areas include News Writing, Public Studies (Rhodes University) and a B. Mass Affairs Writing and Media Ethics. He has worked as Communications (Makerere University). He has News Editor at the New Vision, Managing Editor of consulted for several organisations including GTZ, the Daily Monitor, Editor of the Weekly Topic and Greenpeace, Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Consulting Editor at the Pepper Publications. He Foundation, Health Development Network, Blue holds a BA. and Dip in Education from Makerere, Finance, and BAT among others.He previously Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the worked as a journalist and continues to publish articles in University of Nairobi, a Masters in Journalism and Media Studies newspapers and other publications. He also teaches journalism from Rhodes University, South Africa and Postgraduate Diploma at Nkumba University in Uganda. You can contact him at djjuuko@ in French Language and Literature from L’Universite d’Aix-en- primetime.co.ug. Join him on Facebook and Follow him at Twitter Provence, France. His research interests include journalists’ (@Denis_Jjuuko). performance under public media, audience studies and representation. He is also a media training consultant. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
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