I say The Monitor brought it upon itself, if you care to look closely
Oct 21, 2002
SIR— While I am sorry that The Monitor was closed down while the police was carrying out its investigations, I must at the same time say that The Monitor brought it on themselves.
SIR— While I am sorry that The Monitor was closed down while the police was carrying out its investigations, I must at the same time say that The Monitor brought it on themselves.
For a very long time, the paper had been having its cake and eating it at the same time.
The Monitor published a false story in the min nineties, that Lt Col. Nakibus Lakara (the chief of staff now) had been killed in Gulu, and that the government was covering it up. It turned out that Lakara was not even hurt.
Some time back, The Monitor issued a headline story that President Museveni and his wife Janet chartered the super expensive Concorde aircraft for $100,000 from New York to Paris as the only passengers. It turned out that the story was totally false!
The Monitor released a photograph showing a nude girl allegedly being shaven by soldiers in Gulu Barracks. The Government hired a forensic expert from London at a cost of $50,000 (sh90 million).
It turned out that the photograph was not taken in Gulu Barracks but The Monitor had connived with an Acholi MP to blackmail the Government.
Two years ago, they published a story that the late terrorist Jonas Savimbi of Angola, was in Uganda, and that Uganda was supporting Unita rebels. This could easily cause a war with the second most powerful airforce south of the Sahara after South Africa. The Angolan Airforce has the latest Russian technology, of all-weather bombers with a range of 5,000miles and speeds up to (march 2.5) i.e. 2500 miles per hour. From Angola to Uganda, it takes only 45 1
minutes. I am talking about SU 27 and Mig 29. Uganda has only Mi 21 in between they are Migs 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31. No. 31 is of course off the export list.
Such a story was dangerous for international relations between Uganda and Angola. It turned out that Savimbi was never in Uganda.
Other recent falsehoods, have been that UPDF looted cows from Kenya, a Mamba (a brand name of an armoured personnel carrier) destroyed in Gulu, and the helicopter that was never destroyed.
Reporting wars irresponsibly has caused many journalists problems, of arrest, dismissal, even death, in many countries. During war, the fighters are hot-tempered and they do not want any sick jokes!
Lastly, The Monitor has ignored a very fundamental scientific theory, that for every action, there is an equal and opposite re-action.
J. Mukasa
Kampala
For a very long time, the paper had been having its cake and eating it at the same time.
The Monitor published a false story in the min nineties, that Lt Col. Nakibus Lakara (the chief of staff now) had been killed in Gulu, and that the government was covering it up. It turned out that Lakara was not even hurt.
Some time back, The Monitor issued a headline story that President Museveni and his wife Janet chartered the super expensive Concorde aircraft for $100,000 from New York to Paris as the only passengers. It turned out that the story was totally false!
The Monitor released a photograph showing a nude girl allegedly being shaven by soldiers in Gulu Barracks. The Government hired a forensic expert from London at a cost of $50,000 (sh90 million).
It turned out that the photograph was not taken in Gulu Barracks but The Monitor had connived with an Acholi MP to blackmail the Government.
Two years ago, they published a story that the late terrorist Jonas Savimbi of Angola, was in Uganda, and that Uganda was supporting Unita rebels. This could easily cause a war with the second most powerful airforce south of the Sahara after South Africa. The Angolan Airforce has the latest Russian technology, of all-weather bombers with a range of 5,000miles and speeds up to (march 2.5) i.e. 2500 miles per hour. From Angola to Uganda, it takes only 45 1
minutes. I am talking about SU 27 and Mig 29. Uganda has only Mi 21 in between they are Migs 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31. No. 31 is of course off the export list.
Such a story was dangerous for international relations between Uganda and Angola. It turned out that Savimbi was never in Uganda.
Other recent falsehoods, have been that UPDF looted cows from Kenya, a Mamba (a brand name of an armoured personnel carrier) destroyed in Gulu, and the helicopter that was never destroyed.
Reporting wars irresponsibly has caused many journalists problems, of arrest, dismissal, even death, in many countries. During war, the fighters are hot-tempered and they do not want any sick jokes!
Lastly, The Monitor has ignored a very fundamental scientific theory, that for every action, there is an equal and opposite re-action.
J. Mukasa
Kampala