Agnes Nandutu

Agnes Nandutu is a female Ugandan journalist born in Bududa district, Uganda.[1]

Career

She is a senior political reporter at NTV Uganda. Nandutu is also a moderator and a speaker for NTV citizen debate show called "The People’s Parliament."[2][3] She served as the president of the Parliamentary Journalist's Association from 2011 to 2016. She scripts and narrates the Popular satire Friday segment called Point Blank on NTV Uganda.[4] In 2011, she received a Christmas gift from The Observer for her NTV show, Point Blank.[5]

Background and education

Agnes belongs to the Bantu ethnic group who are the Gisu people. In 1997, she joined Radio Uganda as a reporter. Later, she pursued a diploma in Journalism at Uganda Institute of Journalism and Media studies. She worked at Daily Monitor as a freelance reporter. Between 2002–2008, Agnes worked at Impact FM as a staff reporter before she joined NTV Uganda.[6]

Other controversies

In 2017, Nandutu was denied accreditation to cover the Ugandan parliament by the organization's communications director.[7]

gollark: Wait, there's a manual review whatever?
gollark: Is there *not* already the phone number verification thing for that sort of thing?
gollark: It's mandatory if you have more than 100.
gollark: It would be helpful if I could read the smaller text.
gollark: Interesting.

See also
  1. "Agnes Nandutu - Reporter & Show Host - TV Anchors | NTV". www.ntv.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  2. "Agnes Nandutu - Reporter & Show Host - TV Anchors | NTV". www.ntv.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. "Nandutu: The people's speaker on the People's Parliament". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. Batte, Edgar R. "I am Agnes Nandutuuuuuuu – Sqoop – Get Uganda entertainment news, celebrity gossip, videos and photos". Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. Mwesigye, Shifa. "Christmas gifts from The Observer for Agnes Nandutu, Lord Mayor". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  6. "Nandutu: The people's speaker on the People's Parliament". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  7. Pro, Sadamix (2019-02-06). "Agnes Nandutu to Obore: Parliament doesn't belong to your family". Kyakala. Retrieved 2020-03-23.


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