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The Weekly Observer is a Ugandan weekly newspaper headquartered in Kamwookya, Kampala. It is one of the largest privately owned papers in the country co-founded by maverick journalist John Kevin Aliro and nine other directors [1] In 2007, its reporter Richard M Kavuma won the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year award. [2]
Kampala: 1994 Nation Media Group: English: Website: Red Pepper: Namanve: 2001 English: Website: The Observer (Uganda) Kampala: 2004 Observer Media Limited English: Website: East African Business Week: Kampala: 2005 East African Business Week Limited English: Website: The Independent (Uganda) Kampala: 2007 English: Website: Rolling Stone (Uganda ...
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.
Listen online. Website. capitalradio .co .ug. Capital FM (sometimes called Capital Radio or 91.3 Capital FM) is an English radio channel broadcasting from Kampala, Uganda at 91.3 MHz and covers the whole of Uganda with some parts of Northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and western Kenya. It covers the rest of the world through a streaming ...
The Mandela National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Uganda. It is named after the former South African President and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela. [3] The stadium's record attendance of 50,000 was set in 2004, in a football match between the national football teams of Uganda and South Africa. [4]
From 2000 until 2001, he taught journalism at the Islamic University in Uganda. In 2004, he left the Daily Monitor to join The Observer, both as a reporter and as a shareholder. He was assigned the role of political editor at the Weekly Observer, serving in that role until 2011. In 2009, he was assigned additional duties as the editor ...
Abu Mayanja. Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja (August 1929 – 4 November 2005) was the first Secretary General of the Uganda National Congress party, the first political party in Uganda set up on 6 March 1952 by Ignatius K. Musaazi. [1] He became the Secretary General of the UNC in his youth when he was still an undergraduate student at Makerere ...
The Uganda People's Defence Force ( UPDF ), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–45,000, consisting of land forces and an air wing. [6] Recruitment to the forces is done annually.