New Vision

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

It was established in its current form in the 1980s by the government, a stake of about 80% of the newspaper is state-owned. New Vision is broadly sympathetic to the government of President Yoweri Museveni. The newspaper was called Uganda Argus, then a colonial government publication, until the 1970s. It then changed to Voice of Uganda, Uganda Times before it was named New Vision. The Uganda Argus and those that followed in its stead, always presented as the "official" newspaper of the regime in power.^[1]

On 12 October 2006, William Pike, who had been managing director for 20 years, departed. 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 paper of Uganda. Pike's departure was followed by the appointment of Ugandan government spokesman Robert Kabushenga as Chief Executive Officer.^[2] 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.^[3]