New Vision

For Irish political alliance, see New Vision (electoral alliance).

New Vision

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Government of Uganda Institutional & Individual Investors
Publisher	New Vision Printing & Publishing Company Limited (New Vision Group)
Founded	1986
Headquarters	2/4 First Street, Kampala, Uganda
Circulation	Weekdays & Saturdays:32,500 Sundays:36,500[1]
Official website	http://www.newvision.co.ug

New Vision is one of two main national newspapers in Uganda.

History

It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Ugandan Government. New Vision is broadly sympathetic to the government of President Yoweri Museveni. It was founded in 1955 as the Uganda Argus,^[2] a British colonial government publication. Between 1962 and 1971, the first Obote government kept the name of its daily publication as Uganda Argus. Following the rise to power of Idi Amin in 1971, the government paper was re-named Voice of Uganda. When Amin was deposed in 1979, the second Obote government named its paper Uganda Times. When the National Resistance Movement seized power in 1986, the name of the government daily newspaper was changed to New Vision. The Uganda Argus and its successors always presented as the "official" newspaper of the regime in power.^[3]

New Vision Group

Main article: New Vision Group

The holding company that owns the New Vision newspaper is The New Vision Printing & Publishing Company Limited, also referred to as the New Vision Group. The Group owns other newspapers, radio stations and two television stations, as of October 2009.^[4][5] The businesses owned by the New Vision Group include:

• New Vision newspaper - Published in English
• Bukedde newspaper - Published in Luganda
• Orumuri newspaper - Published in Runyankole/Rukiga
• Etop newspaper - Published in Ateso
• Rupiny newspaper - Published in Luo
• Premiership magazine - Soccer magazine covering English, African and Ugandan soccer news - Published monthly in English.
• City Beat magazine - Entertainment magazine aimed at the affluent 19 to 35 demographic age group - Published monthly in English
• Bride & Groom magazine - Bridal magazine - Published quarterly in English
• Secondary Schools Directory - Published annually in English
• Vision Printing Limited - Most newspapers in Uganda, Rwanda and Southern Sudan are printed by Vision Printing.^[6]
• Vision Voice FM 94.8 - Based in Kampala. Broadcasts in English, covers a radius of 100 kilometres (62 mi).
• Radio Bekedde FM 100.5 - Based in Kampala. Broadcasts in Luganda
• Radio West FM 100.2 - Based in Mbarara. The dominant radio station in western Uganda. Broadcasts in Runyankole/Rukiga, Runyoro/Rutoro and English.
• Radio Rupiny FM 95.7 - Based in Gulu. Broadcasts in Luo
• Radio Etop FM 99.4 - Based in Soroti. Broadcasts in Ateso^[7]
• TV West - Launched in May 2010. Transmits in the fours R's (Runyankore, Rukiga, Runyoro, Rutoro)
• Bukedde Television (BTV) - Launched in October 2009. Transmits in Luganda

Ownership

The New Vision Group is owned by the Ugandan government (53%) and by institutional and individual investors (47%). The shares of the Group are traded on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). The table below summarizes the ownership structure of the New Vision Group.

New Vision Group Stock Ownership

Rank Name of Owner Percentage Ownership 1 Government of Uganda 53 2 Institutional & Individual Investors 47 Total 100 Editorial Controversies On 12 October 2006, William Pike, CEO of the newspaper, resigned. Pike had a long history with the paper, starting there as a sports journalist 19 years before.[8] Pike was largely credited with maintaining a degree of editorial independence for the newspaper, though not as much as the fully independent The Monitor, the second national newspaper of Uganda. It was reported at the time that "Press freedom in Uganda might be in jeopardy"[9] and that Pike was being "forced to resign apparently at the behest of President Yoweri Museveni".[10] Pike's departure was followed by the appointment of Ugandan government spokesman Robert Kabushenga as Chief Executive Officer.[11] Kabushenga resigned two weeks later(Kabushenga has never quite resigned-he is still the CEO to-date).[12] In late November 2006, Belgian journalist and activist Els de Temmerman accepted an appointment as Editor-in-Chief after receiving written guarantees of her editorial independence.[13] She resigned her post on the 24th of October 2008, stating "I have concluded that I can no longer count on the assurances I received when I accepted the job and so I must resign".[14] Els de Temmerman returned and is still editor in chief (Els eventually resigned mid 2010 and her deputy, Barbara Kaija, was formally appointed as the Editor-in-Chief) See also Uganda Securities Exchange New Vision Group References ^ About New Vision ^ Barrington-Ward, Mark (2010). Forty Years of Oxford Planning: What has it achieved, and what next?. Oxford: Oxford Civic Society. p. author's biography on rear cover.  ^ "Uganda: The Limping Newspaper Industry". The Monitor. 2007-05-02. http://www.monitor.co.ug/winners/win05022.php.  ^ New Vision Group Starts Television ^ Bukedde Television Opens ^ About New Vision Printing Limited ^ The Radio Stations of the New Vision Group ^ "New Vision Chief Editor resigns" The Monitor (Uganda), 27 October 2006 ^ "Press freedom in Uganda might be in jeopardy" The Monitor (Uganda) 22 October 2006 ^ "New Vision Chief Editor resigns" The Monitor (Uganda), 27 October 2006 ^ "Shake up at top Ugandan newspaper", BBC News, 12 October 2006 ^ "New Vision Chief Editor resigns" The Monitor (Uganda), 27 October 2006 ^ "Letter from the Editor-in-Chief", New Vision, 30 November 2006 ^ "De Temmerman: Why I quit New Vision" The Monitor (Uganda) 26 October 2008