Ugandans get common Suggestion Box

Vision eyes ad revenue from The Kampala Sun

Uganda's Sun resurrects amid stiff competition

[Walter Wafula] The Kampala Sun, a new publication by Vision Group, is the latest addition to Uganda's newsstands. The tabloid has been revived seven years after the New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited (Vision Group), published and launched its first copy, although it didn't live to celebrate its first birthday.

Daily Monitor nominated for Tumaini Awards

Rolling Stone Uganda's terrifying new tactics

[Theresa Mallinson] The Ugandan newspaper that outed several alleged homosexuals in early October was banned from publishing any more names and pictures at the beginning of this month. The paper responded in true loose canon fashion, with its latest issue accusing terrorist group Al-Shabaab of being a front for "bloodthirsty homosexual generals".

Yampe eyes one million readers

[Walter Wafula] Yampe, a new local dialect newspaper in Uganda is set to increase its circulation to 5,000 copies per month this year to meet increasing demand from its readers, according to the proprietor. Yampe is named after the Lufumbira language word for “informer.”

Pastor threatens to sue Ugandan tabloid for defamation

[Walter Wafula] The Red Pepper, a Ugandan tabloid newspaper has been warned against publishing defamatory stories about Pastor Isaac Kyobe Kiwewesi of the Kansanga Miracle Centre in Kampala.