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Where the Press Ain’t Free
On a normal Tuesday, Uganda’s largest independent newspaper, the Daily Monitor, would be swarming with people. Today, there are just five of us here, silently typing on our computers in a deserted...
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Monitor Search Day Three
I am writing from an “active crime scene” the police tell me. The three pieces of evidence tape and large padlock on the door seem to reinforce their point. I’ve never reported from an active crime...
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UGANDA: Why Museveni’s Media Beatdown Is A Smokescreen And ‘Rebel’ Gen...
Reblogged from naked chiefs: SO, AGAIN on Monday the Uganda government sent in security forces, ransacked the Daily Monitor, seized its offices, closed down its presses, and switched its affiliated...
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From Bad to Worse
Unfortunately, the media siege in Uganda has gotten worse instead of better. For the ninth day in a row, the Daily Monitor, KFM, Dembe FM, and the Red Pepper were closed and cordoned off by police. A...
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Journalists Turn Activists
Yesterday I bemoaned the fact that no one seemed to be taking a stand for media freedom in Uganda. I admit that wasn’t entirely true. Dozens of civil society organizations in Uganda and abroad issued...
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Best Tweets from the Monitor/Red Pepper Police Siege
After eleven days, the offices of the Daily Monitor, KFM, Dembe FM, and Red Pepper are now open! It’s a bittersweet victory/sugarcoated defeat for the Ugandan media, as I’ll elaborate on in another...
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A Bittersweet Victory or a Sugarcoated Defeat?
Less than a week after the Daily Monitor and Red Pepper reopened, the two largest independent newspapers are steering clear of any controversial topics. Did they concede their independence to the...
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‘That opposition paper’ is back in business
At press conferences earlier this year, President Museveni sometimes referred to the Daily Monitor as “that opposition paper.” It is therefore plausible that he used the Gen. David Sejusa letter as an...
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Time for Reflection: Race and Ethnicity
After ten months, 300 days, and thousands of moments and experiences, I am no longer a Fulbright Student. Although I extended my stay in Uganda for two more months, my grant period officially ended on...
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Carrie Underwood: My solution for surviving Ugandan traffic
Reblogged from The Sunblock Chronicles: Driving in Ugandan traffic will change your life; mostly because you’ll constantly see it flash before your eyes. Imagine this: Take the majority of Kampala’s...
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Ode to my backpack
My backpack is not a very sentimental bag. It doesn’t like greeting cards, flowers, or sappy love songs. But as we approach our fifth anniversary together, I wanted to take a moment to thank this black...
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Rags to riches: Pursuing the Ugandan dream
Today the Daily Monitor published an article I wrote about the “Ugandan Dream.” Like it’s American counterpart, this dream is shared by millions of low-income workers across East Africa. If I work hard...
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WASH United’s response to “Make hand-washing sexy”
Most of the times when you’re blogging, you feel like you’re just ranting in cyberspace. Even if a few people read your post, nothing really happens as a result. I was therefore thrilled and impressed...
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