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The Editor Sunday Monitor and Others v Wabomba Mutenyo and Another (Civil Appeal 60 of 2002) [2004] UGCA 33 (21 July 2004)
The Court of Appeal of Uganda held that qualified privilege applied to newspaper publication of a letter alleging corruption, and allowed the appeal.
The Editor Sunday Monitor and Others v Wabomba Mutenyo and Another (Civil Appeal 60 of 2002) [2004] UGCA 34 (21 July 2004)
The Court of Appeal held that Sunday Monitor’s publication was protected by qualified privilege and set aside High Court defamation damages.
The Editor Sunday Monitor and Others v Wabomba Mutenyo and Another (Civil Appeal 60 of 2002) [2004] UGCA 35 (21 July 2004)
The Court of Appeal found that the articles in question were mere reproductions of a letter authored by the Chairman of the Industrial Division Council, which was verified by the journalist before publication. The court held that the appellants, as journalists, had a legal, moral, and social duty to inform the public about corruption in public bodies, a matter of significant public interest. The court rejected the trial judge's inference of malice, noting that the articles did not contain editorial comment or excessive language attributable to the appellants. The court concluded that the defe…
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