News editors inducted on human rights stories with a call against compromise

17 July 2026, 12:10 pm

Ali lukomo

In abide to improve on accuracy in news articles about human Rights and business.
News Editors have been urged to prioritize matters of human rights abuses affecting employees in Uganda during their work.
Many businesses in Uganda have mistreated their employees and no one is following up.
According to Yusuf Muziransa a communication’s officer from equal opportunities commission there is suffering from the different parts of the country which needs focus by the editors and media.
He made the statements in a two-day Equal Opportunities Commission Media Practitioners and Editors’ training from Kampala Metropolitan, Busoga and Albertine at Jinja Civil Service College.
The training based on the theme:Advancing respect for human rights by businesses in Uganda was organized by ENABEL and founded by European Union.

Some of the editors also showed their willingness to do the needful while editing stories of human rights but they are driven by the enployers and proprietors of the company they work with which makes it hard for the affected person to get a satisfied story out. It’s should be remembered that most of the companies advertise with media houses and they have direct connection with the Media proprietor so whenever there’s a challenge with a employees they make sure the story is covered by Force and this is common everywhere. However they pledge to whitewash all the difficults and bring sanity on the society

He further revealed that the editors in the newsroom must be independent from other departments of a media company like market among others if they are to change the society

In her closing remarks irene from ENABEL reminded the editors’ their role of setting agendas of the society because the editors have all the rights at the station to make sure the stories pass and red by the community