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'''Giles Muhame''' is a Ugandan [[journalist]], [[news editor]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.kas.de/documents/280229/280278/7_file_storage_file_19731_2.pdf/16137e8d-8a92-c319-bf32-6b3d51fca266?version=1.0&t=1539638437713|format=PDF|title=Social Media Conference|date=19 July 2016|website=Kas.de|access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref> He is the founder of Chimpreports; a popular news website in Uganda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chimpreports.com/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Chimpreports.com|date=23 July 2014}}</ref>
'''Giles Muhame''' is a Ugandan [[journalist]], [[news editor]] who made international news in 2010 and 2011 for his efforts to [[outing|out]] homosexuals.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.kas.de/documents/280229/280278/7_file_storage_file_19731_2.pdf/16137e8d-8a92-c319-bf32-6b3d51fca266?version=1.0&t=1539638437713|format=PDF|title=Social Media Conference|date=19 July 2016|website=Kas.de|access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gaelick.com/2011/01/blogger-interviews-editor-who-outed-200-ugandans/13756/ |title=Ugandan editor willing to "go to jail" to out gays &#124; gaelick |access-date=25 July 2021 |archive-date=13 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113182351/http://www.gaelick.com/2011/01/blogger-interviews-editor-who-outed-200-ugandans/13756/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is the co-founder of Chimpreports; a daily tabloid newspaper published in Kampala, Uganda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chimpreports.com/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Chimpreports.com|date=23 July 2014}}</ref>


==Early life and education background==
==Early life and education background==
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==Career==
==Career==
In 2014, he founded Chimpreports an online popular news website in Uganda. Muhame wrote a story about the 'handshake' story which exposed government officials who had awarded themselves large sums of money after winning a court case against ''Tullow Oil''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chimpreports.com/untold-story-how-uras-akol-hunted-shs-6bn-oil-cash-treasure/|title=UNTOLD STORY: How URA's Akol Hunted Shs 6bn Oil Cash Treasure|website=Chimpreports.com|date=5 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Atlantic">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/06/death-by-tabloid/8491/ |title=Death by Tabloid |author=Xan Rice |date=June 2011 |magazine=The Atlantic |access-date=13 May 2011}}</ref>
In August 2010, he founded the [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper ''[[Rolling Stone (Uganda)|Rolling Stone]]'',<ref name="Atlantic">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/06/death-by-tabloid/8491/ |title=Death by Tabloid |author=Xan Rice |date=June 2011 |magazine=The Atlantic |access-date=13 May 2011}}</ref> In 2014, he founded Chimpreports an online news portalbased in Uganda.<ref name=MSNBC>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39742685/ns/world_news-africa/ "Gays in Uganda say they're living in fear"], Godfrey Olukya & Jason Straziuso, ''[[MSNBC]]'', [[Associated Press]]</ref><ref name="Guard">{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/27/uganda-paper-david-kato-death |title=Ugandan 'hang them' paper has no regrets after David Kato death |author=Xan Rice |date=27 January 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> Muhame wrote a story about the 'handshake' story which exposed government officials who had awarded themselves large sums of money after winning a court case against ''Tullow Oil''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chimpreports.com/untold-story-how-uras-akol-hunted-shs-6bn-oil-cash-treasure/|title=UNTOLD STORY: How URA's Akol Hunted Shs 6bn Oil Cash Treasure|website=Chimpreports.com|date=5 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Atlantic"/><ref name="Guard"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1097190/-/cio6rmz/-/index.html |title=World condemns killing of gay activist |author=Risdel Kasasira |date=28 January 2011 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=Reuters110210>[http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6A103F20101102/ "Uganda court orders anti-gay paper to shut"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520021921/http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6A103F20101102 |date=20 May 2011 }}, [[Reuters]], 2 November 2010</ref><ref name=CNN110210>[http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/11/02/uganda.gay.list/?hpt=T2 "Judge orders Ugandan paper to stop publishing 'gay lists'"], ''[[CNN International]]'', 2 November 2010</ref>
He has covered the conflicts in Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-11666789|title=Uganda's Rolling Stone paper told to stop outing gays|work=BBC News|date=1 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chimpreports.com/generals-lakara-kabango-fighting-an-elusive-wealthy-enemy-in-somalia/|title=Generals Lakara, Kabango: Fighting an Elusive, Wealthy Enemy In Somalia|website=Chimpreports.com|date=2 October 2019}}</ref> He is a member on the National Taskforce on 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africanactivist.org/2011/01/ugandas-giles-muhame-agents-of-devil.html |title=Rolling Stone Managing Editor: "The Agents of the Devil will be Defeated." |author= |date=4 January 2011 |publisher=Africanactivist.org |access-date=13 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-27/world/uganda.antigay.bill_1_david-bahati-ugandan-parliament-homosexuals?_s=PM:WORLD |title=Ugandan anti-gay measure will be law soon, lawmaker says |author=David McKenzie |date=27 October 2010 |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/africa/28uganda.html|title=Ugandan Who Spoke Up for Gays Is Beaten to Death|first=Jeffrey|last=Gettleman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="Grauniad">{{Cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered |title=Ugandan gay rights activist murdered weeks after court victory |first=Xan |last=Rice |date=27 January 2011 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name=Independent>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/outcry-as-ugandan-paper-names-top-homosexuals-2113348.html "Outcry as Ugandan paper names 'top homosexuals'"], [[Simon Akam]], ''[[The Independent]]'', 22 October 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11666789 |title=Uganda's Rolling Stone paper told to stop outing gays |author= |date=1 November 2010 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
He has covered the conflicts in Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chimpreports.com/generals-lakara-kabango-fighting-an-elusive-wealthy-enemy-in-somalia/|title=Generals Lakara, Kabango: Fighting an Elusive, Wealthy Enemy In Somalia|website=Chimpreports.com|date=2 October 2019}}</ref> He is a member on the National Taskforce on 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies.


==Other considerations==
==Other considerations==
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==External references==
==External references==
*[https://biographies.top/biography/giles-muhame/m/0gtw8gt Biography of Giles Muhame]
*[https://biographies.top/biography/giles-muhame/m/0gtw8gt Biography of Giles Muhame]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/movies/fighting-ugandas-anti-homosexuality-bill-in-call-me-kuchu.html Where Being Gay Is a Life-and-Death Struggle]

*[https://76crimes.com/tag/giles-muhame/ Giles Muhame]
*[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/06/death-by-tabloid/308491/ Death by Tabloid]


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Revision as of 13:23, 22 August 2023

Giles Muhame
Born
Giles Muhame

1988
NationalityUgandan
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelors in journalism and mass communication)
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor,
OrganizationChimpreports
Known forNews editting, journalism

Giles Muhame is a Ugandan journalist, news editor who made international news in 2010 and 2011 for his efforts to out homosexuals.[1][2] He is the co-founder of Chimpreports; a daily tabloid newspaper published in Kampala, Uganda.[3]

Early life and education background

Muhame was born in 1988, Ibanda District in Western Uganda.[4] He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Makerere University.[1]

Career

In August 2010, he founded the tabloid newspaper Rolling Stone,[5] In 2014, he founded Chimpreports an online news portalbased in Uganda.[6][7] Muhame wrote a story about the 'handshake' story which exposed government officials who had awarded themselves large sums of money after winning a court case against Tullow Oil[8][5][7][9][10][11] He has covered the conflicts in Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.[12][13] He is a member on the National Taskforce on 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

Other considerations

Muhame has interests in media consultant, e-commerce entrepreneur, farming and real estate.[20][21] He mentioned Julian Assange and Bob Woodward as his role models.[5] He serves as the president Uganda Online Media Publishers Association since 2016.[22][23]

References

  1. ^ a b "Social Media Conference" (PDF). Kas.de. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Ugandan editor willing to "go to jail" to out gays | gaelick". Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "About Us". Chimpreports.com. 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Biography of Giles Muhame". Biographies.top. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Xan Rice (June 2011). "Death by Tabloid". The Atlantic. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Gays in Uganda say they're living in fear", Godfrey Olukya & Jason Straziuso, MSNBC, Associated Press
  7. ^ a b Xan Rice (27 January 2011). "Ugandan 'hang them' paper has no regrets after David Kato death". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  8. ^ "UNTOLD STORY: How URA's Akol Hunted Shs 6bn Oil Cash Treasure". Chimpreports.com. 5 January 2017.
  9. ^ Risdel Kasasira (28 January 2011). "World condemns killing of gay activist". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Uganda court orders anti-gay paper to shut" Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, 2 November 2010
  11. ^ "Judge orders Ugandan paper to stop publishing 'gay lists'", CNN International, 2 November 2010
  12. ^ "Uganda's Rolling Stone paper told to stop outing gays". BBC News. 1 November 2010.
  13. ^ "Generals Lakara, Kabango: Fighting an Elusive, Wealthy Enemy In Somalia". Chimpreports.com. 2 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Rolling Stone Managing Editor: "The Agents of the Devil will be Defeated."". Africanactivist.org. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  15. ^ David McKenzie (27 October 2010). "Ugandan anti-gay measure will be law soon, lawmaker says". CNN.com. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  16. ^ Gettleman, Jeffrey (27 January 2011). "Ugandan Who Spoke Up for Gays Is Beaten to Death". The New York Times.
  17. ^ Rice, Xan (27 January 2011). "Ugandan gay rights activist murdered weeks after court victory". The Guardian.
  18. ^ "Outcry as Ugandan paper names 'top homosexuals'", Simon Akam, The Independent, 22 October 2010
  19. ^ "Uganda's Rolling Stone paper told to stop outing gays". BBC News. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  20. ^ "A love brewed in bars". Daily Monitor. 4 January 2021.
  21. ^ "Giles Legally Views Agnes' Eclipse". Redpepper.co.ug. 18 May 2015.
  22. ^ "Uganda Online Media Publishers elect leaders". 31 October 2016.
  23. ^ Adongo, Francisco (31 October 2016). "Online publishers elect executive". Eagle.co.ug.

External references

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