This site is intended to capture news and current affairs in Northern Uganda with contributions from the radio stations reporters and producers. The site has the potential to engage a much wider audience -including Northern Ugandans living in the diaspora- in discussing conflict resolution and reconstruction.
Northern Uganda Journalists may soon become international news publishers and service providers to other Media houses with this new site.
The journalists mainly from six radio stations in Acholi, West Nile, Lango, and North Eastern Sub regions of Uganda are working to provide grass root information on the day to day socio-political and cultural developments in their areas, which have been in unstable political situation over the years,
Considering that the adungu is the traditional instrument of the people in these sub regions of the country, the link is expected to put on the scene the pride of the people and how this is reflected in the traditional way of life. The site has not only attracted the attention of the local governments but is also expected to be a resource pool for student researchers at higher levels of learning.
The Adungu group consists of:
Simon Peter Labeja, Radio King Gulu
Dominic Ochola. Radio King
Lucy Sarah Adong, Radio Maria Gulu
William Bakama, Unity FM 97.7 Lira
James Omara, Unity FM 97.7 Lira
Bob Ogwang, Radio Apac 92,9 FM
Samuel Okaka, Radio Apac 92.9 FM
Richard Okello, Radio Maria Gulu
Michael Dan Komakech, Radio Palwak 88.3 FM
Stephen Candia, Radio Pacis, Arua
Ronald Batre, Radio Pacis, Arua
Richard Ekotu, Richard, Voice of Teso
The site is the result of the three-phase Training Course for Conflict/post-conflict and Reconstruction Radio Programming in Northern and Northeastern Uganda from December 2007 to April 2008. It was run by Martin Ssemakula (consultant and trainer in Kampala), Steven Akena (consultant and trainer in Gulu) and Michel Simons (lecturer at Fontys University Holland). The project was sponsored and organized by Freevoice, CMC and Fontys University.
16 responses so far ↓
1 Vera Illés // Feb 21, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Wider scope for Adungu
The Adungu site is since last week also linked to http://www.oneworld.nl/partners/partner nieuws. One world is a Dutch network for NGOs active all over the world for development. (Language is only Dutch, sorry!)
2 David Labeja // May 15, 2008 at 12:10 am
Hey, could you guys widen the Adungu thing to other journo and other users. It was good.
Former Sub Editor, Mega FM
3 Stephen Akena // Jul 30, 2008 at 10:17 am
Dear Colleagues,
I hope you are all doing well. Thanks for all your contributions to Adungu. I still expect to see even more stories flowing into this website. I am in touch and I visit this website on a daily basis. Bye for now.
4 James Justo // Sep 29, 2008 at 9:20 am
Hi,
I’m i need to buy some adungu’s from Uganda and it need to be ship to me in Australia. can someone help with where i can get them from?
I look forward to hearing from anyone out there.
Thanks James Australia
5 Stephen Akena // Nov 11, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Dear All,
I have seen very current stories on Adungu. A clear testimony that you are doing great work. I am impressed that you are also building a large team with very many new names on the website. Thanks and keep up. I will always check the site when I can.
6 Reint Bakema // Dec 13, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Two comments:
1) Congrats with this good initiative. Please link your site to the Northern Uganda Rehabilitation Programme website. We will do the same.
2) I believe that the article on ‘why the PRDP will fail’ would gain strength if the author would come up with ideas on what to do instead. Secondly, our experience with Local Governments is not as bad as the authors depicts. We are spending substantial amounts in Northern Uganda with full cooperation of LG staff, and without the ‘leakages’ the author is talking about.
7 Stephen Akena // Jan 5, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Dear Colleagues,
What is the problem? Are you not yet back from the festive season break? Who told you that journalists have breaks? The most recent story on the webiste dates back to November 16 2008. Please send in more stories.
8 admin // Jan 10, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Site open to comments again
Due to the massive amount of spam the comment option has been switched off for some months. Now comments can be added to most articles. Please do!
9 peter eichstaedt // Jan 11, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I invite you to see my new book on Joseph Kony titled “First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army at http://www.firstkillyourfamily.com and follow my blog on the LRA at http://www.petereichstaedt.blogspot.com/ or, visit my site at http://www.petereichstaedt.com
Thanks.
10 Chris Ocowun-New Vision Gulu Bureau. // Jan 17, 2009 at 2:54 pm
GUYS, I Think This is good of you. And I pray that you could expand it and allow some of us also contribute articles on this particular web.
I wish you the best; but remember to always update the articles so as to attract readers.
CHEERS.
11 Charles Bongomin // Jan 18, 2009 at 7:44 am
Guys, you are doing an amazing job – well done!!
How can one contact Adungu members? It seems there are no contact email addresses –please, work on that —thanks
12 ja Karateng' // Jul 4, 2009 at 2:41 am
Looking for latest news articles from the region.
Guys, please don’t give up.
13 Kelli // Aug 26, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I was just in Uganda and bought an Adungu from a man named Joseph in Jinja, Uganda. He works at a farm owned by Canaan Children\’s Home. He makes all sizes. The cost for a medium size one, which I bought was $25,000 schillings (about $12.50 US dollars) We told him to raise his prices.
14 collins okumu // Dec 8, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Appreciation first coz what your really doin’ is worderfull Dear. Apwoyo matek me yilo malo Nying Kaka wa kong tutwal. Yom cwinya omiyo pe pud atwero lok
Bye…. Greetings
15 Katie Wicks // Aug 23, 2010 at 1:38 pm
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16 Will Boase // Nov 23, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Hi,
I thought you might be interested by this- it needs some serious coverage!
http://themzungudiaries.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/calling-all-ugandan-bloggers/
Could you spread the word? Or give me tips on how I can better reach Ugandan bloggers?
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