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- The Station manager of Voice of Kigezi who is the steering committee advisor Andrew Agaba said that they have invited the Minister for the Presidency Milly Babalanda and the guest speaker Executive Director of Human Rights Network for Journalists Robert Ssempala and all Ministers and Members of Parliament from Kigezi regions who have already confirmed their presence.
KABALE: Preparations for the celebration of World Press Freedom Day slated for 3rd May, 2024, in Kabale District are in high gear with more than 1000 people expected to attend.
During the press conference on Friday at Agaba Center in Kigongi, Kabale municipality in preparation ahead of the event, the Chairperson of the event’s steering committee, Job Namanya Apuuli said that they decided to celebrate the day as the district in order to bring together all the journalists so as they can be able to start income generating project.
He added that they will begin with cleaning the town on eve of the event and on the day of celebration, they will have activities like launching of Journalists’ association, planting trees, opening Kabale media fraternity offices and playing football with other media fraternity from Sheema and Kisoro district among other activities.
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The Chairperson of Kabale media practitioners association that will be launched on the day Esther Ayebazibwe, said that the Association will bring all the media practitioners in Kabale to help in collaborating with academia to promote research on issues affecting communities and climate change, as per the theme a press for planet, journalism in the face of environmental crisis
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The Station manager of Voice of Kigezi who is the steering committee advisor Andrew Agaba said that they have invited the Minister for the Presidency Milly Babalanda and the guest speaker Executive Director of Human Rights Network for Journalists Robert Ssempala and all Ministers and Members of Parliament from Kigezi regions who have already confirmed their presence.
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Speaking during the same press conference, the Kigezi Region police spokesperson Elly Maate, said that the security administration in the district is ready to deploy accordingly during the celebrations to ensure peace and sanity. He further commended the work done by the journalists.
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