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 attitude in Buganda. Young men who have tried to get ahead through forming cooperatives and societies are despised by the chiefs. This is splitting the Baganda society,” the newspaper wrote.
On 26 January, 2011, the gruesome killing of LGBT+ rights activist David Kato Kisule shocked the world.
Considered to be a father of Uganda‘s gay rights movement and often described as “Uganda’s first openly gay man“, Kato was a teacher who dedicated his life to fighting for LGBT+ rights, facing threats and risks to his safety.
A founding members of the Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), which advocates for LGBT+ Ugandans, Kato bravely spoke out against the country’s gay sex ban, which resulted in a tabloid newspaper calling for his execution. Weeks later, it got its wish, as he was attacked in his home and killed.
Njonjo Celebrates 101st Birthday In Lavish Home
Charles Njonjo.
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Charles Njonjo popularly referred to as The Duke of Kabeteshire chose to mark his 101st birthday with family members at his lavish home in Muthaiga, Nairobi County.
Speaking to
The Standard, Njonjo s son-in-law Volker Bassen, revealed that his family chose not to go big with the party owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bassen detailed that Njonjo, who turned 101 on Saturday, January 23, made a request to spend time with family members.
Former President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta (centre) with a young Uhuru Kenyatta, Vice President Moi (behind him) and former Attorney General Charles Njonjo (to Mzee Jomo s right) in the mid 1960s..jpg
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Kenya s first Attorney General Charles Njonjo [Courtesy]
Kenya’s first Attorney General, Charles Mugane Njonjo has a healthy appetite for a ‘slow-cooked’ leg of lamb and a bottle of Tusker Light.
According to his son-in-law Volker Bassen, goat meat is cooked in an oven for close to three hours before it is served to former Justice minister who celebrated his 101st birthday yesterday.
Bassen also said the old man’s meal is not complete without honey on the table. Also on his list of favourites is goat yoghurt dessert.
Yesterday, due to the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, Bassen said Njonjo chose to celebrate his big day with only family members at his Muthaiga residence in Nairobi.