Signs that she is interested in you
She may unexpectedly be tap you or hold your hand for long.
She will looks back at you after you have parted
She Blushes
She keeps Eye contact
Praise whatever you do
--
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Myth about writing in PR
There is a misconception about writing in Public Relations. People think that a Public relations is for people who cannot write. They think it involves less writing. Some simply opt for PR thinking they will not write a lot compared to journalists. A PR practitioner is actually a content generator and an editor at the same time. This is not the case with journalists. Journalist will submit their story to a sub- editor. A sub-editor also shares with the editor before the story runs.
There is dominance of press agentry task among Public Relations Practitioners in Uganda which means that there is actually more writing related tasks. Less focus is put on other management roles of PROs. Public relations officers are primarily occupied with media relations aimed at gaining publicity. That is why most Public Relations in Uganda are picked from print and broadcast media. Many journalists have now crossed to public relations. Some people judge PR practitioners' expertise by the number of media contacts they have and mileage that can be generated which is sometimes misleading. This includes periodic publicity across broadcast and print media a PR practitioner was able to generate.
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Why bothers are slow in church
Men don’t necessarily play around.If they need something they will fight to get it right away. Maybe he is not interested in you and all he can offer is friendship, don’t just call him slow. Waiting for probably ten years as he monitors you . Great things come to those who wait.
some sisters use the same yardstick of the world brothers who are quick. They find you on the street, in a minute he is all over her. Some men have suffered acting slowly as the target is taken over by someone else. It pays to be slow a picky as a man. Brothers should never rush because they are looking out the best character and heart matter not beauty as the secular guys jump for.
Some people think studying should be left to the women. I personally think brothers should start a relationship and then study while in that relationship. It’s wrong to study and then propose.
Ivan Baliboola
The author has worked with some of the most well-known and influential East African brands, conducting marketing, Public relations, strategies, crisis management, and social media. He is a proud Award winner of the prestigious Public Relations Association of Uganda excellence Awards. He has volunteered his life to addressing environment and health related causes. He is also a blogger, professional critic, and strategist.
nbaliboola@gmail.com
Top seven Ugandan Blunders for May 2013
This
month the institution of Parliament featured with lots of crises. This month we
witnessed different organizations doing something about their crises.
Outstanding advocacy PR tools were used during the closure of Monitor
publications which is commendable. They used the courts of law and the Court of Public opinion to their advantage. They
shared the uncertain future of children who benefited from Monitor
scholarships.
Media siege by Uganda police
The
Uganda Police obtained a search warrant authorizing the search of the Daily
Monitor and Red pepper premises for the letter allegedly written by General Sejjusa.
Uganda police closed Red pepper and Daily monitor together with two radio stations
after declaring them crime scenes. The Uganda Police responded with excessive
force which attracted unnecessary attention. East African Newspapers carried an
editorial on media siege. The media siege dented the Ugandan image locally,
regionally and internationally. Most critics think the government should have
handled the media issue better. International and regional newspapers, US
Embassy in Uganda, Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU), politicians,
human rights activists, and members of the civil society condemned the media
siege. The most famous hash tag was ‘#mediasierge’. Uganda police ignored a
court order instructing them to vacate monitor premises. Police found this to
be highly irregular. On May 30, 2013, Media houses were allowed to resume
operations. Daily monitor’s reopening following 11 days of police siege was
allegedly after negotiations with government according to a government statement.
This introduced a debate on future compromised editorial policy of the Daily
Monitor. Monitor publications has since responded to the issue in Public
notices “Monitor:
What
we agreed with government” reassuring the public about their
editorial policy of publishing all news as long as it is in public interest.
IGG
opened fresh investigations at NSSF
The
Inspector General of Government started wide ranging investigations into
National Social Security Fund over allegations of fraud and corruption by a
whistle blower. Some allegations relate to alleged irregular Umeme Shares
purchase, disposal of Land at Namirembe, joint venture with SBI for planned
housing estate at Lubowa among other concerns. This is a heavy blow to the fund
manager at a time when it has embarked on a rigorous re-branding exercise. NSSF
is not new to funds mismanagement scandals. Scandals at NSSF have in the past
resulted into sacking and prosecution of former top leaders. NSSF has since embraced
good PR tools to set the record straight by responding to the allegations.
Employees are yet to witness the renewed promise by the new NSSF.
Expelled NRM MPs
VS NRM
The
Speaker of parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga ruled that the four expelled NRM
rebel MPs cannot lose their seats. NRM Secretary General, Mr Amama Mbabazi had demanded
the speaker to declare the MPs’ seats vacant after their expulsion from NRM.NRM
has since registered aspirants for the
posts in case they fell vacant. The matter of rebel Mps has since gone to
court. This has yielded to grounds. This
follows a case in court relating to the expelled MPs.
Alleged forgery of the final KCCA
petition recommendation report.
The
report was presented to Parliament with ten out of 17 members on the committee
signing it. The report followed a petition on alleged mismanagement of KCCA to
parliament through Hon. Betty Namboze Bakireke (DP, Mukono Municipality). The
report recommends that President Yoweri Museveni takes over the executive
functions of KCCA for six months. Members on the Committee of Public Service
and Local Government raised doubts over its authenticity. The committee
Chairperson and her deputy are said to have locked out the Clerk out of the
parliament as the concluded with the report. The local government committee had
a stormy meeting which ended prematurely with members exchanging bitter words.
This was also aired on some local Televisions. Improper conduct of some members
of parliament projected the institution negatively. The Deputy Speaker of
parliament Jacob Oulanyah ruled that the office of the Clerk investigates the
authenticity of the KCCA.KCCA report forgery allegations is a dent on the
integrity of parliament.
Police
started a hunt to recover at least 200 diplomatic passports suspected to have
gone missing from the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control. The
Deputy Police Spokesperson, Mr Patrick Onyango, said the diplomatic passports
had already been made but the only procedure not done was the placing of names
and photographs of the bearers and their titles. Some officials from Immigration
were arrested as investigations into
circumstances under which the passports went missing continue. There are
several Ugandans holding diplomatic passports illegally who are facing criminal
charges abroad. This has been an embarrassment to Uganda. Former junior
minister was allegedly arrested in India with a diplomatic passport. The
Immigration passport department has released press statements declaring their
position on the same which is recommendable.
Irene Namubiru arrest in Japan over
illegal drugs
Namubiru
was arrested at Naita Airport Japan after her luggage was found with illicit
drugs. she claimed that she had no idea about what was in the luggage she was
given to deliver. Irene was scheduled to perform in Japan. It remains a PR
scandal though most Ugandans felt Irene Namubiru was a victim of a set up. All
events were confirmed by Interpol officials in Uganda. Some bloggers shared a
theory portraying it as a PR stunt as a build up to her upcoming album launch. This
is a negative dot on her image. There will always be online negative search
results about her. Colleagues and relatives organized a church service to pray
for. This was a good PR tactic tool utilising the court of Public Opinion.
Namubiru tweeted after her release and date of return. She had a hero’s welcome
in Uganda. This is still an ongoing crisis. Irene’s manager
then Thadeus Mubiru has since made a public apology over the same. Kim
Tumwesigye was arrested by the police over the scandal. Irene struggles on
to save her image.
Judge Choudry Vs Judge Yorokamu Bamwine
There
has been an exchange of attacks between High Court judge Anup Singh Choudry and
the Principal Judge, Yorokamu Bamwine. Judge Yorokamu Bamwine kicked out Judge
Singh Choudry from his chambers. On March 28, 2013; Chouldry delivered a judgment
in the case ordered the partners in the firm to pay shs 37b in damages. Uganda
law society petitioned against his appointment in 2012.Chouldry was
discontinued from practicing law in England after his firm reportedly got in
trouble and was subsequently closed in 2001. Some people believe that Chouldry
slapped the hefty award on the lawyers to hit at Uganda law society for questioning
his eligibility. Critics feel the two judges would have opted for appropriate
forums to talk peace.
Ivan N. Baliboola
The author has worked with some of the most
well-known and influential East African brands, conducting marketing, Public
relations, strategies, crisis management, and social media. He is a proud Award winner of the prestigious Public
Relations Association of Uganda excellence Awards. He has volunteered
his life to addressing environment and health related causes. He is also a
blogger, professional critic, and strategist.
Top four Ugandan PR disasters - March 2013
PR
is relatively a new profession in Uganda and as such people tend to relate it
to propaganda. Few agencies and organisation have taken crisis management as a pivotal
role of PR seriously. This list is not aimed at attacking individuals and
organisation. It offers a professional PR insight into Crisis management
in Uganda. I hope that Lessons shared can better the PR fraternity in Uganda. I
commend the inclusion of Best Crisis Management Award category in the PRAU
Excellence Awards. PR Practitioners need to stop leaving entire Crisis
management to the legal departments. They should fully be involved.
- Suspension of Fr Musaala by the Catholic Church.
Archbishop
of Kampala Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga suspended Fr. Anthony Musaala, who
authored a document criticising Catholic Church colleagues in Uganda, accusing
them of sexual crimes among others. Mismanagement of Fr. Musaala‘s saga
by Catholic Church put it in the media spotlight. The Archbishop was quick to
suspend and give explanations without assessing the magnitude of the crisis.
The Catholic Church prolonged the crisis when they over reacted. Fr Musaala
would just be transferred to another place or a commission of inquiry publicly
instituted but not sacking him. And going public about the move was wrong. As
Christians who preach forgiveness, the idea of peace talks would be good. All
efforts should always be done to stop crises from growing. It was a delicate
time especially that the Pope was just settling in.
According
to the Archbishop Dr Cyprian Lwanga,Fr. Musaala was suspended for the document,
which “damages the good morals of the Catholic believers and faults the
church teaching”. Fr. Musaala admitted to authoring the document which
widely circulated on the internet after being leaked Fr. Musaala’s letter
sparked public debate concerning celibacy in the Catholic Church. The saga also
attracted enough media attention. He was hosted on highly rated shows and made
it to the front page of daily Newspapers.
2.
Tullow oil‘s alleged bribe to President Museveni
It
was alleged that Tullow considered bribing President Museveni with $50million
ahead of the 2011 elections. After several media reports, President Museveni
issued a directive through his lawyers’ instructing Tullow Oil to respond
within three days to the allegations. The story was an embarrassment to the
president who is the fountain of honour. Tullow Oil later refuted bribery
allegations and apologized to President Museveni. Tullow’s response was restricted
because this court case against Heritage was still on-going. President Museveni
has since instructed police to probe Oil bribery allegations made in a London
court.
3.
Tullow pays expatriate Shs9m daily for a year
Tullow
Uganda paid a one-man consultancy firm about Shs9 million per day for one year
to teach its officials about “organizational effectiveness”, an investigation
by a local newspaper revealed. Tullow Oil says the cost was borne by the group,
critics say ‘organizational effectiveness’ could have been taught by local
consultants. The claims highlight the lack of goodwill because a lot of the
expenses incurred by oil companies fall under “recoverable costs” that the oil
companies will claim back from Uganda when the oil revenue starts flowing in.
The report points to an old concern of
transparency in the Oil sector.
4.
Uganda court rules against Hima
Cement
On
March 26, Justice Eldad Mwangusya took away Hima’s mining rights to limestone
deposits in Kasese, western Uganda. The ruling affected its image and
operations in a number of ways. The ruling invalidated all transactions and
legal rights because Hima does not have a legal basis to carry out business in
the country. East Africa Gold Sniffing was contesting a decision by the
Ministry of Energy that restored Hima’s mining rights after the latter managed
to secure an exploration license over the same area. Hima Cement went back to
court and appealed against the ruling requesting for stay of execution.
Ivan N. Baliboola
The author has worked with some of the most
well-known and influential East African brands, conducting marketing, Public
relations, strategies, crisis management, and social media. He is a proud Award winner of the prestigious Public
Relations Association of Uganda excellence Awards. He has volunteered
his life to addressing environment and health related causes. He is also a
blogger, professional critic, and strategist.
Top four Ugandan PR disasters - March 2013
PR
is relatively a new profession in Uganda and as such people tend to relate it
to propaganda. Few agencies and organisation have taken crisis management as a pivotal
role of PR seriously. This list is not aimed at attacking individuals and
organisation. It offers a professional PR insight into Crisis management
in Uganda. I hope that Lessons shared can better the PR fraternity in Uganda. I
commend the inclusion of Best Crisis Management Award category in the PRAU
Excellence Awards. PR Practitioners need to stop leaving Crisis management to
the legal departments. They should fully be involved.
- Suspension of Fr Musaala by the Catholic Church.
Archbishop
of Kampala Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga suspended Fr. Anthony Musaala, who
authored a document criticising his Catholic Church colleagues in Uganda,
accusing them of sexual crimes among others. Mismanagement of Fr. Musaala‘s saga by Catholic Church put it
in the media spotlight. The Archbishop was quick to suspend and give
explanations without assessing the magnitude of the crisis. The Catholic Church
prolonged the crisis when they over reacted. Fr Musaala would just be
transferred to another place or a commission of inquiry publicly instituted but
not sacking him. And going public about the move was wrong. As Christians who
preach forgiveness, the idea of peace talks would be good. All efforts should
always be done to stop crises from growing. It was a delicate time especially
that the Pope was just settling in. According to the Archbishop Dr Cyprian
Lwanga,Fr. Musaala was suspended for the document, which “damages the good
morals of the Catholic believers and faults the church teaching”. Fr.
Musaala admitted to authoring the document which widely circulated on the internet
after being leaked. Fr. Musaala’s letter sparked public debate concerning
celibacy in the Catholic Church. The saga also attracted enough media
attention. He was hosted on highly rated shows and made it to the front page of
daily Newspapers.
2.
Tullow oil‘s alleged bribe to President Museveni
It
was alleged that Tullow considered bribing President Museveni with $50million
ahead of the 2011 elections. After several media reports, President Museveni
issued a directive through his lawyers’ instructing Tullow Oil to respond
within three days to the allegations. The story was an embarrassment to the
president who is the fountain of honour. Tullow Oil later refuted bribery
allegations and apologized to President Museveni. Tullow’s response was restricted
because this court case against Heritage was still on-going. President Museveni
has since instructed police to probe Oil bribery allegations made in a London
court.
3.
Tullow pays expatriate Shs9m daily for a year
Tullow
Uganda paid a one-man consultancy firm about Shs9 million per day for one year
to teach its officials about “organizational effectiveness”, an investigation
by a local newspaper revealed. Tullow Oil says the cost was borne by the Tullow
group. Critics say ‘organizational effectiveness’ could have been taught by
local consultants. The claims highlight the lack of goodwill because a lot of
the expenses incurred by oil companies fall under “recoverable costs” that the
oil companies can claim back from Uganda when the oil revenue starts flowing
in. The report points to an old concern of
transparency in the Oil sector.
4.
Uganda court rules against Hima
Cement
On
March 26, Justice Eldad Mwangusya took away Hima’s mining rights to limestone
deposits in Kasese, western Uganda. The ruling affected its image and
operations in a number of ways. The ruling invalidated all transactions and
legal rights because Hima does not have a legal basis to carry out business in
the country. East Africa Gold Sniffing was contesting a decision by the
Ministry of Energy that restored Hima’s mining rights after the latter managed
to secure an exploration license over the same area. Hima Cement went back to
court and appealed against the ruling requesting for stay of execution.
Ivan N. Baliboola
The author has worked with some of the most
well-known and influential East African brands, conducting marketing, Public
relations, strategies, crisis management, and social media. He is a proud Award winner of the prestigious Public
Relations Association of Uganda excellence Awards. He has volunteered
his life to addressing environment and health related causes. He is also a
blogger, professional critic, and strategist.
When a man is heartbroken or rejected. #mediasurgeon
A man covers up, never fights back, and forgets that a heart break happened. women who are softhearted. A woman will tell friends and all those who care to listen about their heartbreak. She also goes the extra mile of showing evidence of her heart break like mail, pictures or even a letter.
A man simply moves on immediately.Surely he may see someone else just after thirty minutes of the heart break.Few men attach emotions to heartbreaks.
With men, a hurting time is their time to show potential and face up the challenge. It's rare to find a man talking about a heart break over and over with his peers. Its weak jazz to even open up about heartbreak. By the time a man is hurt, he is thinking of plan B but a woman will still have difficulty coping with the situation and moving on.
Words and image by
Ivan N. Baliboola
The author has worked with some of the most well-known and influential East African brands, conducting marketing, Public relations, strategies, crisis management, and social media. He is a proud Award winner of the prestigious Public Relations Association of Uganda excellence Awards. He has volunteered his life to addressing environment and health related causes. He is also a blogger, professional critic, and strategist.
Top five Ugandan PR scandals for April 2013
UMI
directors thrown out of office by court.
The High court threw
out two directors of Uganda Management Institute (UMI) ,citing lack of
requisite academic papers. Judge Elizabeth Musoke, of the Kampala Civil
division, ruled that the appointment of Kasozi Mulindwa as Director Programmes
and Student Affairs (DPSA) and that of Deo Lukonji Bbosa as Director Finance
and Administration (DFA) was riddled with procedural impropriety. This was a dent to the good image of institution which
is known for teaching professionals in the country.
Kyambogo
university tuition scandal
What started as a tuition
crisis spilled into a strike which left at least one student injured. Students protested
against blacklisted by the university administration for failure to pay tuition
last academic year. Management alleged that the students forged documents such
as receipts and examination cards to illegally sit exams. Police instituted a
probe which revealed more rot at the ten year old university. There have been
several arrests and interrogation of senior management staff in connection with
the scandals at the institution.IGG picked interest in the case and started
investigating. Kyambogo University has been a nursery bed for scandals for some
time. This is beyond heated in-house wrangles. Chaos continuing to manifesto
even after the Vice Chancellor, Prof Isaiah Ndiege is on forced leave points to a deeper problem that needs urgent interventions.
Kyambogo University was also in the media over poor sanitation.
President
Museveni and his sack money
The two major
Newspapers carried a picture of the Busoga Youth Forum chairperson, Mr Sanon
Bwire, carrying a sack reportedly containing Shs250 million which President
Museveni had donated to the group. The action was a fulfillment of presidential
pledge but Critics argued that it was a manipulative move by the president.
Social critics disagree with the action because it breeds a culture that only
encourages laziness. The story showed Lack of goodwill on the side of
government regarding its priorities. Some people are suffering because there
are no drugs in health centres and the government
claims that there is no money. Pressure from the civil society upgraded this act
to a crisis phase two. There were media reports that the youth in Sembabule
District used the case to ask for their share as well. The act reflected President’s
lack of faith in systems that are meant to deliver services in the country. Museveni
was also faulted by activists for not following the set-out procedures of
fulfilling presidential pledges. The act was a bad PR stunt for the president though
it was a good strategy to show continuity with NRM even beyond 2016. Money in a
sack portrayed the disrespect for accountability and responsible spending. Some
officials have since been arrested over embezzlement 0f part of the money that
was donated to the youth.
Former
minster Musumba and Igara East MP held over extortion in India.
Former regional
minister Isaac Musumba and a businessman Yakuba Mathai were held in India for allegedly trying to extort US$20
million from four directors of electronics giant Videocon. The crisis deepened
when Musumba still possessed a diplomatic passport even when he was no longer a
minister which dented Uganda’s international image. Musumba and the colleagues
claim that Videocon had invested in a mining business in Uganda in 2009, but
the four directors suddenly wrapped up the business within six months, signed a
memorandum of understanding with the partner and left the country, duping
several investors.
Coca
Cola sues Riham over trademark infringement
Coca Cola has sued
Riham on allegations of trademark infringement. The suit [CS 213] filed on
April 24 seeks for an injunction
restricting Riham from further infringement on Coca Cola brand contents, and
shelving all products on the market which are purportedly considered as infringements.
The law suits impacts negatively on the reputation of Riham soda. Both brands
Riham Cola and Coca Cola products are said to possess similarities in relation
to brand colours, packaging, content, and names among others. The injunction
also seeks to stop Riham from producing products that are confusingly similar
to Coca Cola. Riham has since launched another product despite the law suit.
The Riham Cola soda bottle has since gone through remodifictaion.
Conclusion
With bad news, the best
move is to own up and apologise. The sooner the better. This gives you more
control of media coverage, and lessened the sting of media.Come clean and get past it. Monitoring media for crises is very
important. Companies should review media for crises on a
daily basis to plan for any latest developments and deal with them.
Ivan N. Baliboola
The author has worked with some of the most
well-known and influential East African brands, conducting marketing, Public
relations, strategies, crisis management, and social media. He is a proud Award winner of the prestigious Public
Relations Association of Uganda excellence Awards. He has volunteered
his life to addressing environment and health related causes. He is also a
blogger, professional critic, and strategist.
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