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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 ...
The Daily Nation and the Sunday edition of the same newspaper, the Sunday Nation, celebrated their 50th anniversaries, branded by the Nation Media Group as "50 Golden Years", in 2010. [citation needed] As of 2016 NMG owned a 76.5% stake in the Monitor Publications Limited and 93.3 KFM, a Kampala-based radio
There are a number of newspapers in Uganda today. New Vision is Uganda's leading English daily newspaper. It is a state-owned newspaper and has the largest nationwide circulation. The Daily Monitor is an independent English-language newspaper and second in circulation to the New Vision. The two papers dominate the print section of media in Uganda.
Uganda, [b] officially the Republic of Uganda, [c] is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of ...
The politics of Uganda occurs in an authoritarian context. Since assuming office in 1986 at the end of the Ugandan civil war, Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda as an autocrat. [1] [2] Political parties were banned from 1986 to 2006 in the wake of the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum which was won by pro-democracy forces. [1]
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa [a] (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. His government is considered autocratic . Born in Ntungamo, Museveni studied political science from the University of Dar es Salaam where he initiated the University Students ...
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.
The effects of climate change in Uganda are increasingly severe, affecting the lives of the country's citizens and its environment. [1] It has led to extreme weather events such as unpredictable, prolonged drought and rainfall. [1] Uganda's climate is mostly tropical with regular rainfall and sunshine patterns.