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The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...
Charles "Mase" Onyango-Obbo, also Charles Onyango Obbo, (born 1958) is a Ugandan author, journalist, and former Editor of Mail & Guardian Africa. [1] He is a former Managing Editor of The Monitor, a daily Ugandan newspaper, former Executive Editor for the Africa and Digital Media Division with Nation Media Group.
1962–2024. Martin Jerome Okec Aliker (21 October 1928 – 15 April 2024) was a Ugandan dental surgeon, businessman, and community leader. He was a senior adviser to the President of Uganda and sat on the board of directors of nearly forty Ugandan companies. He was the chancellor of Victoria University Uganda, a private institution. [1]
Nationality. Ugandan. Period. 1929–2006. Genre. poetry. Notable works. Building the Nation and Other Poems. Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1 May 1929 – 20 August 2006) [1] was a Ugandan poet, [2] notable for his poem "Building the Nation". [3][4] He was one of the recipients of the Uganda Golden Jubilee medals in 2013. [5][6]
The Daily Nation and its Sunday edition, the Sunday Nation, celebrated their 50th anniversaries in 2010, branded by the Nation Media Group as "50 Golden Years". [3] [citation needed] Regional Presence. As of 2016 NMG owned a 76.5% stake in the Monitor Publications Limited and 93.3 KFM, a Kampala-based radio station in Uganda.
Ugandan Bush War. Isaac Maliyamungu, [a] (died February 1984) also known as Isaac Lugonzo, [7] was a Ugandan military officer who served as one of President Idi Amin 's most important officials and supporters during the Ugandan military dictatorship of 1971–79. Born in the Congo, Maliyamungu was one of the members of the 1971 coup that ...
1998 — present. Known for. Publications. Title. Managing Editor. Nation Media Group. Daniel Kalinaki (born 1980) is a Ugandan journalist working with the Nation Media Group as General Manager in Uganda in charge of Editorial. He was previously the Managing Editor, Regional Content. [1][2] He is married with three children.
Katie Davis Majors is an American missionary and author who established a mission in Jinja, Uganda in 2007. [2] Her work led to the founding of a school and provision of other services in Jinja, which now operate under the auspices of the Tennessee-based not-for-profit, Amazima Ministries International (AMI).