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Perils of being a journalist on violent campaign trail


Perils of being a journalist on violent campaign trail
January 1, 2021
Police officers attempt to arrest Ashraf Kasirye
As campaigning for the forthcoming presidential elections enter a critical phase, several journalists are counting the cost of the campaign trail.
If one has not been intimidated or arrested, they have consumed of teargas while others have endured the wrath brutality from security operative to the point of near death. BAKER BATTE LULE chronicles the stern tests journalists have been through right from nomination of presidential candidates.
Ugandan journalism is undergoing a stern test in this election campaign period. weeks since the nomination of candidates on November 3, the journalism fraternity has been attacked severally, mostly by security agents. ....

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Bobi halts campaigns as personal guard dies


Daily Monitor
Monday December 28 2020
Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine visits Mr Ashraf Kasirye, a Radio One journalist and an online Ghetto TV cameraman, at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital. PHOTOS/ DAVID LUBOWA
Summary
The bodyguard, Francis Senteza Kalibala, was run over by a truck at Busega in Wakiso District and later died at Rubaga hospital.  
Another member of his press team, Mr Ashraf Kasirye, was also shot on the head and taken to Masaka Regional Refferal Hospital in critical condition. 
Mr Kasirye was bleeding profusely in the head. 
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A  personal bodyguard to Opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, was yesterday run over by a truck, killing him.  ....

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