{UAH} WHY GEN TUMUKUNDE MAY NOT WIN OVER THE MEDIA
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Upon assuming office the new Minister of Security , Gen. Henry Tumukunde among other undertakings promised to create a good go working environment with the press whom he described as good custodians of information of intelligence interest
This was after he faulted government for detaching the local council officials from the intelligence gathering network.
"Intelligence and the Press" is a key course content in most military academies of civilised nations. The role of the press is valued as being supplimentary in the intelligence gathering on top of affording the masses their right of information. Democratic governments monitor the press for leads in intelligence information but in military dictatorships and authoritarian governments the press is viewed as an enemy while at the same time making efforts to turn it into its propaganda machinery. Gen. Tumukunde's initiative comes at a time when the press, the Lawyers, civil society and other human rights organisations are blacklisted by the Museveni regime as enemies of the state. They are targeted for total annihilation because they are the only remaining voice of the suppression population.
Under Museveni the right to information was taken away and instead replaced with the right to misinformation and manipulation. Journalists are maimed, detained, their equipments damaged, media houses raided and closed down, social media blocked. Professionalism in journalism is being undermined through intimidation, bribery and compromise by the regime functionaries. His initiative is good but unfortunately it comes at tla time when the population has totally lost confidence in the regime and any attempt by security agencies to partner with the press will be viewed with suspicion. Instead the press risks being isolated by the population who are the primary sources of information.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Gen. Tumukunde's initiative will put him on a collision course with Gen. Kayihura who will soon accuse the former of being in league with the enemies of the state. Gen. Kayihura and his boss Museveni have no image to protect and are ready to commit the most heinous crimes even on camera.
Watch the space.
INFORMATION IS PPWER AND DEFIANCE IS THE WAY TO GO.
This was after he faulted government for detaching the local council officials from the intelligence gathering network.
"Intelligence and the Press" is a key course content in most military academies of civilised nations. The role of the press is valued as being supplimentary in the intelligence gathering on top of affording the masses their right of information. Democratic governments monitor the press for leads in intelligence information but in military dictatorships and authoritarian governments the press is viewed as an enemy while at the same time making efforts to turn it into its propaganda machinery. Gen. Tumukunde's initiative comes at a time when the press, the Lawyers, civil society and other human rights organisations are blacklisted by the Museveni regime as enemies of the state. They are targeted for total annihilation because they are the only remaining voice of the suppression population.
Under Museveni the right to information was taken away and instead replaced with the right to misinformation and manipulation. Journalists are maimed, detained, their equipments damaged, media houses raided and closed down, social media blocked. Professionalism in journalism is being undermined through intimidation, bribery and compromise by the regime functionaries. His initiative is good but unfortunately it comes at tla time when the population has totally lost confidence in the regime and any attempt by security agencies to partner with the press will be viewed with suspicion. Instead the press risks being isolated by the population who are the primary sources of information.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Gen. Tumukunde's initiative will put him on a collision course with Gen. Kayihura who will soon accuse the former of being in league with the enemies of the state. Gen. Kayihura and his boss Museveni have no image to protect and are ready to commit the most heinous crimes even on camera.
Watch the space.
INFORMATION IS PPWER AND DEFIANCE IS THE WAY TO GO.
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