Daily Monitor
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| type = Daily newspaper
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| owners = Nation Media Group
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| publisher = Monitor Publications Limited
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| staff = ~300 (2016){{cite news|
url=http://newz.ug/nmg-closes-03-radios-tv-in-kenya-rwanda-to-merge-operations-in-uganda/ | title=NMG Closes 3 Radio Stations And One Television Station in Kenya and Rwanda, To Merge Operations in Uganda |author=Moses Kaketo |publisher=News.ug | location=Kampala | date=30 June 2016 |access-date=30 October 2016}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1992}}{{cite web| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=9205496 | title=The Monitor Publications Limited: Company Overview | access-date=31 October 2016 | publisher=Bloomberg Research | author=Bloomberg | location= New York City | date= 17 March 2000}}
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| language = English
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| headquarters = 29-35 Namuwongo Road
(8th Street) Industrial Area
Kampala, Uganda
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| sister newspapers = Saturday Monitor,
Sunday Monitor
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| oclc = 44216472
| website = {{url|https://www.monitor.co.ug/|monitor.co.ug}}
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The Daily Monitor is a Ugandan independent daily newspaper. Its name is shared by the Saturday Monitor and Sunday Monitor, which are also published by Monitor Publications Limited.{{Cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/meta/about+us/-/691198/691168/-/3yrhnfz/-/index.htmlMonitor |title=Monitor Publications Limited |access-date=2016-10-31 |archive-date=2016-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102144/http://www.monitor.co.ug/meta/about+us/-/691198/691168/-/3yrhnfz/-/index.htmlMonitor |url-status=dead }} Daily Monitor averaged a daily circulation of 24,230 newspapers in September 2011.{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1004970/vision-read-paper-abc |title=New Vision is highest read paper - ABC| date=21 September 2011|access-date=31 October 2016 |author=Roselynn Karatsi |location=Kampala |work=New Vision}} By the fourth quarter of 2019, that figure had dropped to 16,169 copies daily.{{cite web| url=https://ugbusiness.com/8425/circulation-falls-for-uganda-newspapers-in-fourth-quarter-of-2019 |title=Circulation falls for Uganda newspapers in fourth quarter of 2019 |author=UBN |date=14 February 2020 |website=Uganda Business News (UBN) |
access-date=7 March 2020 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}
Location
The headquarters of the Daily Monitor and the Daily Monitor Publications, as well as the printing press of the newspaper, are located at 29-35 8th Street (Namuwongo Road) in the Industrial Area of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{cite web |work=Daily Monitor |date=15 August 2012 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Monitor-takes-over-Dembe-FM/688334-1479220-3480iv/index.html |title=Monitor takes over Dembe FM |author=Daily Monitor |access-date=31 October 2016 | location=Kampala | archive-date=1 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102147/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Monitor-takes-over-Dembe-FM/688334-1479220-3480iv/index.html | url-status=dead }}{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B018'53.0%22N+32%C2%B036'01.0%22E/@0.319829,32.5866406,3125m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.314712!4d32.600267 | title=Location of the Head Office of the Daily Monitor |access-date=31 October 2016}}
Overview
The newspaper was established in 1992 as The Monitor, and relaunched as the Daily Monitor in June 2005. The paper asserts that its private ownership guarantees the independence of its editors and journalists.{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/meta/about+us/-/691198/691168/-/3yrhnfz/-/index.html| title=About Us: About Daily Monitor & Monitor Publications Limited| publisher=Daily Monitor Online| access-date=31 October 2016| date=31 October 2016| author=Daily Monitor| location=Kampala| archive-date=4 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060846/http://www.monitor.co.ug/meta/about+us/-/691198/691168/-/3yrhnfz/-/index.html| url-status=dead}}
The newspaper headquarters are housed in the same building that houses the other investments owned by Monitor Publications Limited, including Daily Monitor newspaper, Monitor Business Directory, Ennyanda sports newspaper (in Luganda), 90.4 Dembe FM radio station (in Luganda and English), 93.3 KFM radio station, Daily Monitor e-paper, The Monitor E-paper app, and Daily Monitor social media channels.
Monitor Publications Limited and all its subsidiaries listed above are owned by Nation Media Group, a media conglomerate, based in Nairobi, Kenya and whose shares are listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and are crosslisted on the Uganda Securities Exchange, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, and the Rwanda Stock Exchange.{{cite web | first=Victor | last=Juma | location=Kampala | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/688610-1111388-obpttez/index.html | title=NMG set to list on Dar stock exchange | newspaper=Daily Monitor | access-date=31 October 2016 | date=21 February 2011 | archive-date=1 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102150/http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/688610-1111388-obpttez/index.html | url-status=dead }}
2013 police raid
The premises of the Daily Monitor were raided by Uganda police on 20 May 2013. This happened soon after the paper had published a letter allegedly written by army General David Sejusa, threatening that those opposing Muhoozi Kainerugaba for the presidency risked their lives. Kainerugaba is the son of the long-standing president Yoweri Museveni. The same letter was also published by another Ugandan newspaper, Red Pepper, whose offices were also raided.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22599347 | title=Uganda's Daily Monitor raided over Museveni 'plot' |date=20 May 2013 | access-date=31 October 2016 |author=BBC Reporter | location=London | publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)}}
The police siege ended on 30 May 2013, and the newspaper and its radio stations 90.4 Dembe FM and 93.3 KFM Uganda, which had been switched off during the siege, resumed transmission.{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22717291 |date=30 May 2013 |title=Uganda's Daily Monitor reopens after police closure | work=British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |author=BBC | access-date=31 October 2016 |location=London, United Kingdom}}
Governance
As of January 2024, the chairman of the board is Samuel Sejjaaka and the chief executive officer is Susan Nsibirwa.{{cite web| work=Daily Monitor |date=20 December 2023 |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/nmg-u-s-first-female-boss-who-is-susan-nsibirwa--4469726 |title=NMG-U's first female boss: Who is Susan Nsibirwa |access-date=20 December 2023 | author=Elizabeth Kamurungi |location=Kampala, Uganda}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.monitor.co.ug/}}
- [http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/columnists/CharlesOnyangoObbo/5-years-The-Monitor-Drama-Uganda/878504-4032024-146xsiaz/index.html 25 years ago, The Monitor was born. Drama was unfolding in Uganda]
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Category:Daily newspapers published in Uganda
Category:Newspapers established in 1992