Andrew Mwenda (born 1972) is a Ugandan print, radio and television journalist, and the founder and owner of The Independent, a current affairs newsmagazine. He was previously the political editor of The Daily Monitor, a Ugandan newspaper, and was the presenter of Andrew Mwenda Live on KFM Radio in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. [1]

The massacre at Mwenda was the second in a string of ADF attacks since the start of 2021. Two days after the attack on Mwenda, thirty civilians were killed in the nearby village of Loselose. [5] On January 12, ADF jihadists ambushed Congolese forces in Mwenda, sparking a battle that left one soldier killed and three others injured.

5 天之前 · What Rwanda’s bid to host Formula One tells us about its president’s personal qualities as a leader THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | This December President Paul Kagame announced that Rwanda was bidding to host the world’s most …

2017年8月18日 · Andrew M. Mwenda is the founding Managing Editor of The Independent, Uganda’s premier current affairs newsmagazine. One of Foreign Policy magazine 's top 100 Global Thinkers, TED Speaker and Foreign aid Critic

2010年8月25日 · Journalist Andrew Mwenda made several comments critical of the President and the government of Uganda on his live radio talk show. The state charged him with the crime of sedition, pursuant to sections 39 and 40 of the Penal Code, because his remarks were made with the intention to bring into hatred and contempt against the President ...

2025年2月14日 · How Uganda’s opposition leader turned himself into a warmongering power-hungry politician THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | In a sting operation, Uganda’s Chieftaincy of Defense Intelligence and Security (CDIS), formerly the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), kidnapped Dr. Kiiza Besigye from Nairobi.

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Anne Perkins of the Guardian UK offers a fascinating profile of controversial journalist and activist Andrew Mwenda, who in 2007 told his TEDGlobal audience that aid is poisoning African governments. Mwenda’s incendiary writings, which fearlessly confront corruption, have earned him 17 arrests and status as a symbol of free speech and ...

2025年2月10日 · Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hours after Andrew Mwenda, print, radio and television journalist, who is also founder and owner of The Independent, penned a comment that responded to human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo’s tweet on CDF General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, all hell broke lose on X. One of the first … Read More »