How native media influenced issues in pre-independence Uganda
Sunday February 21 2021
Summary
Uganda was the first country in East Africa to have a native-owned newspaper. Sekanyolya was an anti-Buganda establishment newspaper mainly focusing its attack on the chiefs sitting in the Lukiiko and the general Ganda society
In its January 1921 edition, Sekanyolya made a direct attack on Buganda’s ruling elite.
“Some people despise others because they are chiefs. This is getting to be a common attitude in Buganda. Young men who have tried to get ahead through forming cooperatives and societies are despised by the chiefs. This is splitting the Baganda society,” the newspaper wrote.