SV: {UAH} Journalists seeking to cover parliament are ‘dying’ for transport from MPs- Obore

Mw Katerega,

You say:"......Journalists covering presidency cabinet parliament, high curt, court

of appeal, supreme court, should have a minimum of a university

degree.............."

 

But, you don't say why. Would you expand your argument?

"WE FORM THE CULTURE THAT FORMS US"….noc'la gaumoy.

Den torsdag, 28 april 2016 18:09 skrev Ahmed Kateregga <ahmedkatereggamusaazi@gmail.com>:

Journalists covering presidency cabinet parliament, high curt, court
of appeal, supreme court, should have a minimum of a university
degree. But his should not be imposed by Parliament. There should have
been a transitional period. Journalists SHOULD INVEST IN FURTHER
EDUCATION AND UPGRADING, MEDIA HOUSES SHOULD INVEST IN TRAINING, STATE
ORGANS LIKE EXECUTIVE, PARLIAMENT AND JUDICIARY SHOULD HELP IN
THIS.UPPA should hold regular elections.

On 4/28/16, 'gaumoy nockrach-laduma' via Ugandans at Heart (UAH)
Community <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Oo-oh, yet another load of bullcrap!!!!Today is bullcrap day. Even in the
> most advanced nations journalist with diploma from many institutions of
> journalism do fantastic work AND EVEN TRAIN UP AND COMING JOURNALISTS FROM
> OTHER COUNTRIES.
> A problem with Christ Obores proposal, NOT TO MENTION THE RISKS OF
> SELF-OUT-BLOWN VOUNTS THINKING ONLY THEM KNOW BEST, is that it is not
> anchored. Those journalist with degrees that Chris Obore have in mind are
> not imarginary. They are there even now.
> QUESTION IS: WHAT HAS BEEN OR WHAT IS STOPPING THEM FROM OUT PERFORMING
> DIPLOMA JOURNALISTS WITH THEIR SKILLS?????If they don't want Diploma
> journalist, they can just outshine them by producing better qualitative
> work. With qualitative journalistic zeal, they would open the eyes of many
> to go for further training to hang along.
> Outshine them instead.Noc'la gaumoy+46736906771 "WE FORM THE CULTURE THAT
> FORMS US"….noc'la gaumoy.
>
>    Den torsdag, 28 april 2016 13:56 skrev 'Hannah Ogwapiti' via Ugandans at
> Heart (UAH) Community <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>:
>
>
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> Journalists seeking to cover parliament are 'dying' for transport from MPs-
> Obore
>    The Director, Communication and Public Affairs - Parliament of Uganda, Mr
> Chris Obore.    The director of communication and public affairs at
> Parliament Mr Chris Obore has said the decision to lock out journalists
> without degrees from covering proceeding of the House seeks to "improve
> reporting on parliamentary affairs". Speaking in a televised interview on
> NBS Thursday Mr Obore said Parliament is complex and requires experience and
> it is only those with knowledge and experience that shall be allowed to
> cover the House. "Many of the journalists insisting to cover Parliament are
> only seeking to associate with MPs to get transport. I feel angry that
> today, our profession (journalism) has been reduced to potato growing.
> Everyone is a journalist," he said. Mr Obore, a former investigative editor
> at Daily Monitor, has been at the forefront of castigating the dwindling
> levels of journalism, which as he says has made the Forth Estate, fail to
> influence the country's agenda. "Journalists set the agenda. We shouldn't
> have less educated journalists setting the agenda on parliamentary matters,"
> he said.Last year Parliament was caught at the centre of a controversy after
> it wrote to media houses decreeing that it would not accredit journalists
> who had covered Parliament for more than five years. The two decisions –
> locking out journalists without degrees and those who have covered the House
> for more than five years – according to analysts, is part of the larger plan
> that seeks to kick out journalist critical of some members and proceeding at
> the legislative arm of government. Ms Agnes Nandutu the president of Uganda
> Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) and also a senior reporter at NTV,
> who was denied accreditation despite having required academic qualification
> and covering Parliament for 15 years, said Mr Obore had become a politician,
> whose views have been blared by the new found power. "He was a journalist
> before he went to Parliament. Would he be where he is if he had been denied
> a chance to do journalism?" she asked. "This whole thing is political. You
> ask him [Mr Obare] why he denied [Mr] Yasin Mugerwa [senior Parliament
> reporter at Daily Monitor] and [Mr] Sulaiman Kakaire [senior Parliament
> reporter at the Obsever] accreditation," she said, adding: "We [UPPA] took a
> case in court and I would not to go into details of a matter before court."
> Last week Parliament accredited a new set of journalists – for one year -
> denying those thought to be critical but with required academic levels,
> permission to cover the House. The accreditation was done despite a yet to
> be disposed of case in which UPPA is seeking a court ruling, which would
> stop Parliament from locking out journalists without degrees.On Wednesday
> Parliament, while presenting its defence prayed that the case is dismissed
> with costs because it was filed out of procedure. Parliament cited Rule 5 -
> sub rule 1, which demands that all applications challenging orders made by a
> commission are filed within a period not exceeding three months. Mr Obore
> also said there has been well crafted agenda orchestrated by misinformed
> journalists and civil society organisations to portray MPs as greedy and
> refusing to pay taxes. "This is not correct. MPs pay tax on their salaries
> and gratuity. The only thing they want is not to have their fuel allowance
> taxed," he said.READ MOREBan on non-graduate journalists is part of 9th
> Parliament's mediocrityosemakula@ug.nationmedia .com
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