[Ugnet] KFM BACK ON AIR, PRODUCER SACKED

2005-08-19 Thread Edward Mulindwa 




KFM back on air, producer sacked
By Anne Mugisa  Herbert Ssempogo MONITOR’S KFM radio was 
reopened yesterday but producer Angelo Izama was discontinued by the 
Broadcasting Council. The radio re-opened yesterday afternoon, a week 
after it was closed allegedly for breaching the broadcast law. The 
council said the station must immediately implement new standards for Andrew 
Mwenda Live programme, which led to the closure. KFM must also pay the council 
sh4,950,000 as costs of the ruling. The council said Izama was unable to 
moderate Mwenda. The council’s operations manager, Denis Lukaaya, 
accompanied by Monitor chief Conrad Nkutu, turned on the studio transmission 
link at the station at 3:20pm. Ragga Dees’ “Mbawe,” blared out as staff cheered. 
Council chairman Godfrey Mutabazi said the council had received numerous 
complaints from the public and on several occasions talked to KFM management and 
board over it. “The Broadcasting Council did engage the management of KFM in 
particular Dr. Martin Aliker, chairman Monitor Publications/KFM and director 
Nation Media Group and Mr. Conrad Nkutu, its managing Director, with the hope 
that moderation and restraint shall be exercised by the presenter of the 
programme. During the informal dialogues, assurances were made, as have been 
done in the latest, that management would rein in Mr Mwenda. As to whether the 
management was successful in this endeavour is no longer debateable as the 
recording of August 10, 2005 shows,” he stated. He said arguments that 
Mwenda’s statements fell under protected speech were untenable because freedom 
was not absolute and that the utterances touched on matters of national and 
regional security. He said the media was central to the Rwanda genocide 
of 1994. He said irresponsible journalism by journalists of Mwenda’s calibre 
could “be a recipe for disaster” and “could unleash hostilities between the 
region’s fragile democracies. Nkutu admitted inappropriate comments and 
pledged to review the show’s format and presentation. Ends
Published on: Friday, 19th August, 2005
The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is 
in 
anarchy" 
Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans 
l'anarchie"

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RE: [Ugnet] KFM BACK ON AIR, PRODUCER SACKED

2005-08-19 Thread Okuto del Coli 
 Correct!!!Good that they now clear the air:".Nkutu admitted inappropriate comments and pledged to review the show’s format and presentation"trgdsnoc'l--- On Fri 08/19, Edward Mulindwa  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote:From: Edward Mulindwa [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:16:06 -0400Subject: [Ugnet] KFM BACK ON AIR, PRODUCER SACKED




KFM back on air, producer sacked
By Anne Mugisa  Herbert Ssempogo MONITOR’S KFM radio was reopened yesterday but producer Angelo Izama was discontinued by the Broadcasting Council. The radio re-opened yesterday afternoon, a week after it was closed allegedly for breaching the broadcast law. The council said the station must immediately implement new standards for Andrew Mwenda Live programme, which led to the closure. KFM must also pay the council sh4,950,000 as costs of the ruling. The council said Izama was unable to moderate Mwenda. The council’s operations manager, Denis Lukaaya, accompanied by Monitor chief Conrad Nkutu, turned on the studio transmission link at the station at 3:20pm. Ragga Dees’ “Mbawe,” blared out as staff cheered. Council chairman Godfrey Mutabazi said the council had received numerous complaints from the public and on several occasions talked to KFM management and board over it. “The Broadcasting Council did engage the 
management of KFM in particular Dr. Martin Aliker, chairman Monitor Publications/KFM and director Nation Media Group and Mr. Conrad Nkutu, its managing Director, with the hope that moderation and restraint shall be exercised by the presenter of the programme. During the informal dialogues, assurances were made, as have been done in the latest, that management would rein in Mr Mwenda. As to whether the management was successful in this endeavour is no longer debateable as the recording of August 10, 2005 shows,” he stated. He said arguments that Mwenda’s statements fell under protected speech were untenable because freedom was not absolute and that the utterances touched on matters of national and regional security. He said the media was central to the Rwanda genocide of 1994. He said irresponsible journalism by journalists of Mwenda’s calibre could “be a recipe for disaster” and “could unleash hostilities between the region’s fragile democracies. Nkutu
  
admitted inappropriate comments and pledged to review the show’s format and presentation. Ends
Published on: Friday, 19th August, 2005 The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" 
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