{UAH} Three Editors Sacked As Monitor Prepares to please Museveni

The stage has been set for an eclipse at Monitor Publications Limited. As editorial staff converges for the monthly 'Kimeeza' tomorrow, Grace Kengazi, the meeting chair, will have her work cut out because the managers will do most of the talking. new executive editor Malcolm Gibson will be unveiled to staff soon. Prof. Gibson, who arrived in the country a fortnight ago to replace runaway British editor Simon Freeman, is scheduled to start work immediately, but a source says he is likely to hold on the weekend and come in as three editors clear their desks for exit.

Last week, Marsha Nyonyozi, the Monitor HR, was in Nairobi to discuss the return of former staff. It was agreed she meets each of the fellows in person and agrees with them on conditions for their return. The HR had been concerned and is said to have been trying her best to ensure Monitor does not get VUPs (Very Unsettled Persons) anymore. Since Tuesday, Marsha has been meeting the fellows, and the last butch will be in her office tomorrow.

A regional bureau chief was primed to move to the headquarters, while a deputy editor had been asked to step backwards and handle the bureau. The editor is said to have refused, leading to the managers to ask the editor to resign. As the editor was being sacked, a former Literature teacher and currently an editor with a local language newspaper was being tapped for the same desk. Along with this former teacher is another former Monitor staff, currently on a sabbatical in South Africa. Benon Herbert Oluka returns to Monitor, but not as a reporter anymore; he is primed to eat big. Just be patient for another three days and you will know the detail, including detail of each sacking.

Meanwhile, across the fence at the rival newspaper, The New Vision, a bizarre love affair is the talk of town. A librarian has forced a serial bachelor into marriage after threatening to accuse the fellow of rape. With the bun baking, an official visit to the family of the girl was arranged and introduction preps are ongoing.

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