Charity Komujjurizi

@AFIC

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

I was in shock when @AmamaMbabazi spoke of the state media house denying him access to their premises during the 2016 election when his Facebook page had 10 times more numbers that of the State Broadcaster. Why are we stuck in the 1960s? - @TimKalyegira @CharityKom

[Timothy Kalyegira @TimKalyegira]

@AFIC1 @CharityKom The job of the media is not to "watch government". Or, to put it differently, watching government is just a tenth of the media's job but watching governments has ended up becoming its main job and that's where the media gets it wrong.

[Charity Komujjurizi @CharityKom]

#impunity who is then left to keep law and order if a police officer can be man handled like this? @PoliceUg @metpoliceug

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

In Government, info tends to flow from the top to the bottom. Should there be a break in this flow, the people from the top and the bottom will not know. Thus the bickering you keep hearing. - Sam Kamau @GilbertSendugwa @CharityKom @aoyako

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

The rhetoric in many of the Government entities is that there are enough government oversight agencies to deal with what Civil Society is doing. But for several years, what could be considered glaring was not being seen. - @GilbertSendugwa @CharityKom @kirabo_kyalo

[Drateru peace @drateru]

@AFIC1 @FKakooza @OfwonoOpondo @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa Indeed right to Access to Information is a fundamental right and people should not be charged to interact with the fellow citizens.

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

Does our Government trust other stakeholders in development by sharing info, or does the Government believe it is its preserve to hold all information despite that information being sought legally especially in Local Governments? - @RobertKakuru2 @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

It is my job to defend this government. I cannot run away from that. About me telling lies! You #FactCheck me and if I am found wanting, then I will stop. Have you tried that yet? - @OfwonoOpondo @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa @aoyako

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

.@OfwonoOpondo should not be celebrating that @observerug has been closed. What this in effect does is limit the space in which he advises this Government. - @FKakooza @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa @aoyako

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

Our worry should not be dwindling numbers over the #OTT, but the Government infringing on our right to Access to Information. This sh200, should be dealt away with the Government finds other ways to raise this money. @FKakooza @OfwonoOpondo @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa @drateru

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

The @observerug has been closed. We were under siege for 89 days, not because we had done something wrong, but because some people were displeased. We have since resolved not to write about security, no matter what. - @RugyendoQuotes @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa #paneldiscussion

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

I think @OfwonoOpondo is being dishonest, last week, a gov't minister said the #OTT had being in decline and had affected connectivity to the internet, but he is here telling lies. Isn't that the fake news we are talking about? - @sadabkitatta79 @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

When we started, the news was beyond Parliament and State House, but no body went to the beaches for instance. We set out to go there and look where it has gotten us today? - @RugyendoQuotes @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa @aoyako @drateru

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

ED of @UgandaMediaCent, @OfwonoOpondo has said a lot about the narrative being on traditional media, but what is the kind of information being discussed on these traditional channels? It is an extension of what has already made it to social media - @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

Tax? I think this is an excuse, if you have a smartphone and you can't spend sh200 on tax, then there is a problem. People in villages are using kerosene which is taxed, possibly because it is indirect we dont feel it. How can we make OTT indirect tax - @OfwonoOpondo @CharityKom

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

We have a lot of young people on social media, I think we should incorporate these in the fight against HIV and Aids. What kept the figures down in the 1990s has since changed, but the HIV/Aids scourge is still here. - @FKakooza @CharityKom @GilbertSendugwa

[Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) @africafoicentre]

Is the social media tax in Uganda really achieving what it was intended for? Isn't this an impediment to Access to Information? - #PanelDiscussion @CharityKom @aoyako

[TruMedia Consults @TruMediaUg]

@WilsUg @AFIC1 @CharityKom @AgakhanUG @DailyMonitor @newvisionwire @ntvuganda @nbstv Applause!

[TruMedia Consults @TruMediaUg]

@UgandaMediaCent executive director @OfwonoOpondo is also present at media engagement workshop at Fairway Hotel.
The event was organised by @AFIC1 @CharityKom and @AgakhanUG and Africa Check.
Cc: @WilsUg @VisionGrp @ruthdavoice

[Andysen Agaba @Andysen18]

@AFIC1
Attending media engangement for citizen participation on mis/dis information, on social media and it's impact in the society