Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Because the country heads in opposition to the 2026 total elections, media practitioners were told to play a extra active role in holding political candidates accountable, in particular on arena basically basically based politics.
The call comes amid growing concerns that politicians are exploiting the media to advance unchecked propaganda and private narratives, that continually stay awake deceptive voters and the total public.
Solomon Serwanjja, the Executive Director of the African Institute of Investigative Journalism (AIIJ) stated the media desires to hear to files from political candidates earlier than publishing them to attend toughen the electorates in making suggested decisions.
Serwanjja made the remarks Tuesday in some unspecified time in the future of a skill building training for selected journalists from the Acholi and West Nile Sub-areas held in Gulu City.
He noted that it’s crucial for journalists and media practitioners to transcend the sloganeering that’s extinct in some unspecified time in the future of election and originate asking political candidates exhausting and unhappy questions that form suggestions.
In accordance with Serwanjja, journalists must shun being extinct to peddle propaganda narratives for politicians nevertheless rather play a central role in holding contributors in search of political places of work accountable on serious disorders that is affecting the electorates.
Serwanjja nonetheless cautioned the media practitioners to desist from acts of unprofessionalism that soils their integrity in some unspecified time in the future of the coming election by disseminating deceptive files to the final public. He emphasized that journalist must make certain that they fact test every and each files they rep earlier than they’re aired or printed to their followers.
The day before at this time’s training targeted on equipping the chosen journalists with the crucial role in safeguarding and promoting human rights, private and digital safety, figuring out democracy and governance amongst others.
With the election seasons most continuously marked by stress, threats and each once in a while violence, the journalists were cautioned to be vigilant and make suggested decisions when covering politically sensitive events.
Serwanjja, nonetheless known as for added trainings for journalist covering elections to substantiate that they are right nevertheless above all shine alight on democracy within the country.
Moses Mulindwa, the Senior Programme Affiliate at Uganda Nationwide NGO Dialogue board noted that the media plays a crucial role in teaching the voters about election nevertheless told them to habits themselves professionally.
Mulindwa noted that by taking journalists by refresher trainings, it helps in bettering legit be aware of journalism across the country paving formula for an suggested reporting that’s factual, and upright.
The same training for journalists used to be performed final week by AIIJ in partnership with the Uganda Nationwide NGO discussion board in Eastern Uganda.
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