Kampala, 16/ October/2017; Two Ugandan newspaper editors quizzed by the police’ Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) over age limit budget stories. Daily Monitor’ Executive Editor, Charles Odoobo Bichachi and Red Pepper’ Deputy News Editor Kintu Richard were on 16th Oct, 2017 quizzed for over three hours each. They were both charged with ‘Offensive Communication/ Libel’ and…
Police arrests journalists covering opponents of age limit removal
Kampala, 20th /September/2017; Police in Wadegeya arrested and detained five journalists who were covering a press conference at Mulago Kubiri- a Kampala surbub, organized by youth activists-Youth Against Dictatorship protesting the constitutional amendment of the presidential age limit clause. The journalists included, Akatuhurira Nelson and Livingstone Matovu both of B24 Television, Bulegeya Ronnie of Dream…