FORT PORTAL MUNICIPALITY MAYOR APOLOGISES TO JOURNALISTS FOR 2018 MISTREATMENT

By Sylvia Kugonza
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In Fort Portal
The Mayor Fort portal municipality Rev. Kintu Muhanga Willy has officially apologized to the Media fraternity from Kabarole district for the mistreatment by the councilors in a meeting last year.
The apology follows a ban by media fraternity from Kabarole on Fort portal municipality activities after they were chased from one of the functions that had been organized by the local government at Fort view hotel.
In a press conference that was held in the office of the Mayor attended by different media houses, the mayor alongside some councilors asked for forgiveness over what happened.
It started when one Musirikale Ndamira councilor representing Nyabukara Ward West division embarrassed journalists that were invited by then the town clerk Deo Ndimo by chasing them from the room.
Musirikale asked that police should come and force journalists get out of the room terming them as strangers/intruders.
Kayondo Gilbert the speaker fort portal municipality asked journalists for the re-union for the development of Fort portal municipality.
However Kenneth Musimmenta the media representative MDF F/PM said that he is going to pass the information to different media houses and ask for a special arrangement between Fort portal municipality and editors.

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