Mr John Kyeyune, a resident of Juma Cell in Lukaya Town, said the population of stray animals is growing at a high rate since dogs produce many puppies
Daily Monitor
Tuesday May 04 2021
The issue: Press freedom.
Our view: We, therefore, wish to say to whoever is concerned that we shall not tire to demand the freedoms that are ours and the government must deliberately allow us do our work.
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Journalists and media practitioners across the world yesterday commemorated the annual World Press Day. This year’s World Press Freedom Day was celebrated under the theme, ‘information as a public good’.
The day is celebrated principally as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and to show support for media, which are constant targets for censorship, restraints, threats, and brutality by security forces.
Soldiers brutalise journalists again
Thursday April 29 2021
The Defense and army spokesperson, Brig Flavia Byekwaso, told Daily Monitor that she wasn’t aware of the incident and could not, therefore, comment.
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The beating of a pregnant journalist alongside another reporter yesterday by members of Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has put to test the seriousness of the military’s promise to improve relations with the media.
Ms Teddy Nakaliga, a reporter with NTV and Spark TV, and Mr Amon Kayanja of Salt TV, were yesterday assaulted by Military Police personnel while covering a demonstration by residents protesting a two-week power blackout in Kayunga Village, Wakiso District.