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Author: Dr John Wotsuna Khamalwa
The media sector in Uganda has expanded tremendously in the past five years. This expansion has been made possible by the liberalisation of the airwaves and the print media by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government from the mid-1990s onwards. The media sector has in general become more independent, with only a few outlets still under government ownership and control. Media content is more diverse, with marginalised segments of society now receiving greater coverage. More women have also joined the journalism profession in the past five years. However, specific problems remain. The continued existence of criminal sanctions for alleged media offences is a repressive element of the Ugandan media landscape. The state has, in recent years, shown its willingness to make use of these criminal sanctions against journalists. Non-governmental organisations are also concerned by apparent state attempts at closer monitoring and control of their activities. Finally, Internet access and information communications technologies need to be improved and developed in rural areas. Case study: regional training programme on environmental journalism and communication for eastern Africa Since 2002, the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency has been providing support for a number of environmental training courses for journalists across a number of universities in the east African region, comprising the five riparian countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. The certificate courses are offered at different universities within the five member countries, while Makerere University provides the regional secretariat. The overall purpose of these courses is to ensure that there is better reporting on environmental issues. This programme is now in its fourth year and has been extended to July 2007. Over a hundred students have so far been trained at postgraduate level and many more at the lower 'certificate' level. The research team Contact for this report Contact for the African Media Research project About PDF documents Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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