Vagina Monologues in Uganda - Part VI
That is the end of a play, which was never shown on stage in Uganda...
I am sad to experience censorship and at the same time, I am wondering, wondering
- where the public (!) outcry was
- why certain pictures can be published in certain dailys without being censored
- why the Government and thereby also the Minister for Ethics and Integrity has to be asked by the UN to stop polygamy
- what will happen to all the other great plays, which are to be shown
- why there is such institution like the Media Council
- when the channels provided by DSTv will be censored
- when the movies in the cinema/movie theatre will be censored
- when the internet will be censored
Well, I should never forget where I am.
"Media Council stops Vagina Monologues
THE Media Council has stopped the controversial play, The Vagina Monologues, that was due on stage in Kampala on Saturday. Sarah Mukasa, one of the organisers, said late last evening that the council chief, Fr. John Mary Waliggo, had said the play would not be staged and a formal communication to that effect would be issued today. Mukasa said they would contact their lawyers over the matter. Earlier, state minister for ethics and integrity Tim Lwanga said he would brief the Cabinet on the play today. State minister for information Nsaba Buturo had said the fate of the play would be determined by the Media Council. “The Minister for Ethics and Integrity will brief the Cabinet about the play because of the public outcry. But the Media Council has been asked to make a decision on the play,” he said. The organisers yesterday presented to the council a script of the play and the background of the playwright, Eve Ensler. The four representatives from the Non-Governmental Organisations promoting the play in Uganda held a three-hour meeting with the council board members at Radio Uganda. The representatives were Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe of Uganda Women’s Network, Sarah Mukasa of Akina Mama wa Afrika, Jessica Nkuuhe of ISIS-WICCE, Amanda Sserumaga of ActionAid and Rita Aciro. Sources said the council had to read the entire script and examine the content. Mukasa said after the meeting, “Nobody should deny Ugandans a chance to listen to the testimonies of violence against women simply because of the word vagina. This word is in our biology books. Are we going to delete it?” Ends"
By Fortunate Ahimbisibwe
Published on: Wednesday, 16th February, 2005 in The New Vision
SOURCE: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/418411
I am sad to experience censorship and at the same time, I am wondering, wondering
- where the public (!) outcry was
- why certain pictures can be published in certain dailys without being censored
- why the Government and thereby also the Minister for Ethics and Integrity has to be asked by the UN to stop polygamy
- what will happen to all the other great plays, which are to be shown
- why there is such institution like the Media Council
- when the channels provided by DSTv will be censored
- when the movies in the cinema/movie theatre will be censored
- when the internet will be censored
Well, I should never forget where I am.
"Media Council stops Vagina Monologues
THE Media Council has stopped the controversial play, The Vagina Monologues, that was due on stage in Kampala on Saturday. Sarah Mukasa, one of the organisers, said late last evening that the council chief, Fr. John Mary Waliggo, had said the play would not be staged and a formal communication to that effect would be issued today. Mukasa said they would contact their lawyers over the matter. Earlier, state minister for ethics and integrity Tim Lwanga said he would brief the Cabinet on the play today. State minister for information Nsaba Buturo had said the fate of the play would be determined by the Media Council. “The Minister for Ethics and Integrity will brief the Cabinet about the play because of the public outcry. But the Media Council has been asked to make a decision on the play,” he said. The organisers yesterday presented to the council a script of the play and the background of the playwright, Eve Ensler. The four representatives from the Non-Governmental Organisations promoting the play in Uganda held a three-hour meeting with the council board members at Radio Uganda. The representatives were Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe of Uganda Women’s Network, Sarah Mukasa of Akina Mama wa Afrika, Jessica Nkuuhe of ISIS-WICCE, Amanda Sserumaga of ActionAid and Rita Aciro. Sources said the council had to read the entire script and examine the content. Mukasa said after the meeting, “Nobody should deny Ugandans a chance to listen to the testimonies of violence against women simply because of the word vagina. This word is in our biology books. Are we going to delete it?” Ends"
By Fortunate Ahimbisibwe
Published on: Wednesday, 16th February, 2005 in The New Vision
SOURCE: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/418411
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