| By Aggrey Mugisha,
:: 14-09-2011
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The media seem to be increasingly gripped by the need to entertain the public at the expense of informing and educating the public. Critical issues such as poverty and the war against corruption, get less attention than say, the wedding of a local pop star.
Media exist to inform, educate and entertain. The correct balance is hidden somewhere in those roles. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) early this year released a report, The Uganda National Household Survey 2009/10. The figures show that 24% of Uganda’s population lives below the poverty line. That should leave us sleepless until that figure is radically reduced. There are attempts such as the government’s document the National Development Plan (NDP).
Many programmes have good blueprints such as the Plan for the Modernisation of Agriculture. It was poorly funded and did not transform the agricultural sector. One hopes the media can continue to highlight these issues so that an informed citizenry can call leaders to account. At UCU, let our voices be heard in the print and electronic media on these pertinent issues of progress
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