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Uganda: Two Ugandans Shine at CNN Awards
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New Vision (Kampala)
21 July 2008
Posted to the web 22 July 2008
Kampala
Two Ugandan journalists, Bamuturaki Musinguzi, a features writer with The East African and Barbara Angopa of Nation TV each scooped an award on Sunday evening at the CNN-Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2008 in Accra, Ghana.
The two were the only finalists from Uganda, having beaten 2,000 applicants from 44 countries in Africa to make it to the list of 23 finalists.
The overall African Journalist of the Year was taken by Hopewell Rugoho-Chin'ono, the founder of Television International, Zimbabwe.
He was recognised for a documentary, Pain in My Heart, a moving report about the cases of two Zimbabweans infected with HIV/AIDS and their fight to stay alive in the country's difficult economic circumstances.
It depicts how the two individuals remain optimistic even if the cost of ARVs is way out of their reach.
Hopewell said the documentary sought to rally global help for Zimbabweans living with HIV/AIDS.
Richard Kavuma of Uganda's The Weekly Observer was the overall winner in 2007.
Bamuturaki Musinguzi took the Health and Medical Award for his article The Silent Killer, a report on the devastating consequences of cervical cancer among women in Africa.
Barbara Angopa was the winner in the arts and culture category for a television piece about the importance of preserving traditional music, instruments and dance in Uganda.
The story also focused on how traditional music in Teso is being used to foster peace in the region.
Other East African winners were Boniface Mwangi of The Standard in Kenya and Richard Mgamba of the Sunday Citizen in Tanzania.
Mwangi took the Mohammed Amin Photographic Award for a series of moving photographs depicting the repercussions of police crackdown during the post-election violence on people living in Kenyan slums.
Mgamba picked up the Print General News Award for an article about the controversial award of a mining concession to a foreign investor by the Tanzanian government in disregard of the local community that had been working in the mine for over 20 years.
All the 23 finalists will receive a cash prize and a laptop, while the overall winner will also spend time at the CNN headquarters on a fellowship.
The emotional moment of the evening was the announcement of the 2008 Free Press Africa Award winner, Seyoum Tsehaye of Eritrea.
He has been in detention since 2001 for writing an article calling for the release of political prisoners and journalists detained in Eritrea.
His wife tearfully received the award on his behalf and hoped that one day he would be a free man to celebrate the recognition.
The winners were selected by a panel of eminent African journalists who included Uganda's Joel Kibazo.
The awards took place at the Accra Conference Centre and were attended by President John Kufuor of Ghana.
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It was the 13th edition of the awards that are growing in stature and prestige with every passing year.
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