New Uganda Media Centre chief Kasujja outlines plans
Kasujja, a veteran journalist, was appointed to this position in December last year by President Yoweri Museveni, replacing Ofwono Opondo, who voluntarily retired to join elective politics as MP for Older Persons in the eastern region.
New Uganda Media Centre (UMC) executive director Alan Kasujja. (File photo)
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New Uganda Media Centre (UMC) executive director Alan Kasujja has pledged to build a robust, coherent and effective institution that will be the vanguard of the country’s 10-fold growth ambition.
In 2023, the Government launched an ambitious growth strategy to expand the country’s economy from $50b to $500b by 2040.
This ‘ten-fold growth strategy’ is anchored on agro-industrialisation, tourism, mineral development, and science and technology innovation to accelerate growth.
Financial experts say achieving this bold ambition could elevate Uganda to one of the most dramatically transformed economies in recent history, akin to Singapore’s meteoric rise.
Kasujja, a veteran journalist, was appointed to this position in December last year by President Yoweri Museveni, replacing Ofwono Opondo, who voluntarily retired to join elective politics as MP for Older Persons in the eastern region.
“We aim to build a robust, coherent and effective institution that will be the vanguard of Uganda’s 10-fold growth ambition,” Kasujja, the former lead presenter on the BBC World Service’s Newsday programme, posted on X platform on March 8, 2026.
He thanked President Museveni for giving him the “great opportunity to serve my beloved Uganda”.
“It is a tremendous honour, and I consider it the biggest mission I have ever undertaken. I believe in Uganda!” he wrote.
Kasujja paid tribute to Ofwono, who has since been elected unopposed as MP for Older Persons in the eastern region, and the team he led at the UMC for the work they did.
He also thanked Obed Katurebe for “captaining the ship since comrade OO (Ofwono’s initials) moved to his current assignment”.
“Now that I have had the opportunity to listen and learn, it’s obvious that it has not been easy,” Kasujja, an award-winning journalist, noted.
When it emerged on January 30, 2025, that Kasujja had been appointed to this position, he told critics on X that he was endlessly optimistic about Uganda.
“It’s a great country that must be helped to get better. Also, I don’t grovel. I get things done. Grab opportunities and make them count,” he told one of his critics off for “reducing him to a rent seeker” following his appointment by the President.