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How native media influenced issues in pre-independence Uganda Sunday February 21 2021 Summary Uganda was the first country in East Africa to have a native-owned newspaper. Sekanyolya was an anti-Buganda establishment newspaper mainly focusing its attack on the chiefs sitting in the Lukiiko and the general Ganda society In its January 1921 edition, Sekanyolya made a direct attack on Buganda’s ruling elite. “Some people despise others because they are chiefs. This is getting to be a common at...