''The Weekly Observer'' is a
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
n weekly newspaper headquartered in
Kamwookya
Kamwookya, sometimes spelled as Kamwokya, is a location within the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest metropolitan area.
Location
Kamwookya is bordered by Kyebando to the north, Bukoto to the northeast, Naguru, Uganda, Naguru to the ...
,
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kampala, Kawempe Division, Kawempe, Makindy ...
. It is one of the largest privately owned papers in the country co-founded by maverick journalist John Kevin Aliro and nine other directors In 2007, its reporter
Richard M Kavuma
Richard M. Kavuma is a Ugandan journalist and editor with ''The Observer'' newspaper. He also writes for the London newspapers ''Guardian'' and ''The Observer'' about the Katine project in Uganda. Kavuma has won international awards including the ...
won the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year award. The newspaper was founded in 2004 and celebrated 10 years of existence in March 2014.
[Pius Muteekani Katunzi]
Uganda: The Observer, A Gamble That Has Paid Off
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'' 28 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
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List of newspapers in Uganda
This is a list of newspapers in Uganda.
List of newspapers
See also
* Media in Uganda
* List of newspapers in Africa
* Communications in Uganda
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Media in Uganda
The mass media in Uganda includes print, television, radio and online sectors, and coverage is split between both state-run outlets and privately held outlets as well as English-language outlets and Luganda-language outlets.
Print media
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References
External links
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* ACME https://acme-ug.org/2018/07/04/i-gave-observer-what-i-could-now-its-time-to-move-on-james-tumusiime/
* UNESCO https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000265542
Weekly newspapers published in Uganda
Mass media in Kampala
Companies based in Kampala
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