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🇺🇸 A Manhattan judge granted the alleged Empire State Building climbers supervised release
Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov were arrested after climbing to the top of the building’s antenna
They unfurled a peace banner there and got engaged
Writer: Oli
In a country with a serious government, these three individuals @AAgather, @SpireJim and @GodwinTOKO would be awarded national honours for opening the lid and blowing the whistle on the grand corruption that was taking place in Parliament. I can't help but remember the kind of vitriol they received from regime apologists for releasing details of shocking transactions of billions landing on personal accounts. At the highest level, they were branded traitors and agents of foreigners.
Today, the same facts they revealed are stated in court documents. Even when the regime continues to harass them for their work, this moment provides all of us a lesson that when you remain consistent at doing the right thing, you'll most certainly be vindicated at the right time.
Mr Mugume it is! My apologies for the late response, I was in class.
Before I say anything else, I'd like to address the typo in my first post: "There’s no way you let yourself get respected" should have been "There’s no way you let yourself get DISrespected."
You asked for my point and here it is. Today you reported that Nation Media Group's owners committed to "patriotic, balanced and objective" journalism after meeting the CDF, Muhoozi. The man who sent soldiers to shut the newsrooms also was the one who supplied the official story of how the problem was resolved, and you published his version as ‘the news’. That is the problem with your method of reporting.
Your report did not mention that Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) both heavily condemned the shutdown of NTV and Daily Monitor. Muhoozi himself posted on X, in a since-deleted post: "In Uganda, I DO NOT believe in a free press!"
When soldiers close your colleagues' newsrooms and the man who ordered it is the one announcing changes in their organization, by repeating his words you are not practicing balanced journalism, you are only conforming to the status quo. And, to repeat myself, you are allowing yourself to be used as a puppet.
Let me ask you this:
What does it mean to be a journalist in Uganda if the terms under which you operate are dictated by the same army general who shut down the biggest media house in the country at will?
The GENZs who were illegally arrested and detained for protesting against corruption in Parliament deserve an apology and possibly compensation. How could genuine whistleblowers be arrested and charged as criminals?
Shame upon AAA and her corroborators who selfishly malaigned the GENZs and caused their illegal arrest and detention. The GENZs have been vindicated!
The alleged sums in the charge sheets underscore the scale of the case:
1. Chris Obore (Communications) – UGX 5.253bn
2. Adilo Daniel (Human Resource) – UGX 14.609bn
3.Okema Leonard (Executive Secretary, Speaker’s Office) – UGX 3.489bn
4.Rajab Kaaya Ssemalulu (Principal Research Officer) – UGX 2.170bn
5.Otebata Vincent (Capacity Development Officer) – UGX 5.253bn.
What do people even do with this much money?
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Queen Elizabeth National park -Ishasha welcomes three lions cubs born in this month of June. As the lion population increases, we call for collective efforts in protecting them for future generations. #ConservationAtHeart