ACME Talks African Centre for Media Excellence

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) in collaboration with the Uganda Media Sector Working Group (UMSWG) hosted a public dialogue on Twitter Spaces to engage media stakeholders and the public in a constructive debate on the nature, relevance, and future of the legal regime governing the media.

Speakers:


Allan Sempala – Head of Legal, Unwanted Witness
Paulo Ekochu – Chairperson, Media Council of Uganda
Edrine Wanyama- CIPESA
Moses Mulondo – President, Uganda Parliamentary Press Association
Marcella Karekye (@Mkarekye) – Director, Government Citizen Interaction Centre
Dr Emily Comfort Maractho- Lecturer, Uganda Christian University

Moderator:

Raymond Mujuni, Current Affairs Editor, Nation Media Group, Uganda

Over the last four months, ACME has been conducting a study on how major newspapers, television and radio stations in Kenya covered the 2022 general election. This episode is a recording of a Twitter space in which the results of the study were discussed. The conversation was hosted by Dr. Caroline Mose, a lecturer at Technical University of Kenya and Mr. Kennedy Wandera, an international journalist.

Panellists were:- 

Ms. Shikoh Kihika - Tribeless youth; activist

Ms. Rachael Ombaka - Africa Report; AMWIK

Mr. Dickens Olewe - BBC London

Mr. Abdullahi Halake - A media analyst

Welcome to ACME Talks and thank you for downloading this episode and for your continued support.

In this episode, we continue our conversation with the legendary radio presenter Christine Mawadri. This time, we delve more into the radio life of the late Alex Ndaula, how he ruled the airwaves, but failed to win it all.

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On 18 December 1993, Uganda’s first privately owned FM station, Radio Sanyu went on air. It was followed by Capital Radio two weeks later. The two radio stations gave birth to a new era in broadcasting, journalism, popular culture and advertising.

This is ACME Talks. A podcast by African Centre for Media Excellence, ACME. In this two-part series, Joseph Beyanga, the head of radio programming at Nation Media Group Uganda, talks to Christine Mawadri one of the first female presenters on Sanyu FM. The conversation traces her journey into radio studios, how she designed her first radio shows, the formatting of FM stations, her rise to stardom, and her reflections on the late DJ Alex Ndaula. How was it like working with the great spin master? 

In this episode of ACME Talks, ACME’s director of programmes, Bernard Tabaire, chats with Ben Opolot, the former Managing Editor (English newspapers) at Vision Group. Opolot retired from Vision Group in June 2021. He currently serves as the Director of Global Institute of Technology and Business. 

In this episode, Irene Abalo Otto and Carol Beyanga of Nation Media Group Uganda join ACME's online content producer, Clare Muhindo, to discuss the pervasive problem of sexual harassment in the media in Uganda.





Highlighted in this podcast is a survey report from Women in News on sexual harassment in African media organisations. It outlines the scale of the problem in eight countries. Women in News has published a comprehensive sexual harassment toolkit with practical instruments to develop in-house policies, communication systems and investigative procedures. We encourage you to access it here and use it in your media house.



The Kampala-based NGO, Akina Mama Wa Afrika recently published a handbook on Understanding Sexual Harassment in the World of Work, and a study titled “Tusikize! Listen to Us”, that documents how sexual harassment manifests, how it is perpetuated and ehow it has impacted the lives of women.





Additional resources

Download the Uganda Employment (Sexual Harassment) Regulations, 2012 for statutory mechanisms to protect you and your colleagues.

To seek redress, please see:


The Equal Opportunities Commission (See the complaints handling process here)
Center for Public Interest Law
Legal Aid Service Providers Network
Human Rights Network for Journalists - Uganda
Chapter Four Uganda
Fida Uganda