By Charles Odongtho
My name is Charles Odongtho, a Ugandan trained journalist with eight years 
of practice. I hold a Bachelor Degree in Mass Communication from Makerere University and a Diploma in Journalism from the Uganda Management Institute-UMI.
I am interested in issues of human rights, environment, governance, media and development, peace and corruption.
I am also a fellow of the Radio Netherlands Training Centre (RNTC).
Currently I work with a news agency in Uganda called the Uganda Radio Network-URN.
My interest in journalism goes beyond just the coverage of events and issues as they unfold.
I am an ardent believer in justice, peace, exposing issues of corruption and generally working to see that there is fairness in every sector of society. I joined journalism to get a channel through which I can be able to put politicians and other news makers under the spotlight to explain why they cannot provide social justice to their society.
As a journalist I am amazed at the gap that exists between the rich and the poor in our society to the extent that within the urban centres, you can find hundreds of people who are excessively rich and have everything going right for them. They can send their children to the best foreign schools, give them the best health care, and yet I have travelled extensively through Uganda and I have met thousands who cannot even afford a meal a day. Millions of Ugandans live on less than a dollar a day and we are all within the same country. Many of the poor in the countryside cannot even send their pregnant wives to the health care centres for ante-natal care.
As a journalist I have the opportunity to bring all these issues to a public discussion for possible solutions.
Here’s a short piece of audio created by me about my involvement in the event:
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(A transcript will be posted shortly)
Still studying whats going on.