Daily Monitor
Sunday January 24 2021
Moment. The writer in conversation with the operation commander of the day as his colleague looks on in Kalangala. PHOTOS | ABUBAKER LUBOWA
Summary
The plight of a journalist: Following a campaign trail during elections started out exciting until we had running battles with security forces. Derrick Wandera writes about his experience in Kalangala District.
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December 30, 2020. The day I was first arrested on duty will remain a turning point in my journalism career. Being arrested and bundled up on a police patrol truck would have been bearable but not this time.
When the team of journalists realised that the police was driving presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine and his campaign team from the landing site in Kalangala towards Kalangala Town which is about 26 kilometres away, we rushed ahead of them to take strategic positions close to the helicopter (chopper) for the best shot.