{"id":11062,"date":"2021-05-26T11:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T11:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=11062"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:19:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T10:19:47","slug":"govt-communications-officers-must-give-authentic-information-nakalema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-communications-officers-must-give-authentic-information-nakalema","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t communications officers must give authentic information- Nakalema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Col Edith Nakalema has said there is need for Government communications officers to provide authentic information to citizens in order to improve trust in public leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all responsible in keeping our country peaceful and secure by engaging with the citizens, listening to them and giving them the information they want, as communications professionals you\u2019re going to defend the country through the works you do by giving clear and satisfactory information\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nakalema made the remarks while addressing 91 Government communications officers undergoing a two week reformative training at the National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a communication and information war, there is so much that is being communicated every minute yet those responding take so long to respond and then they are overtaken by events. You need to occupy the communication space such that the enemy misses an opportunity to attack you\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nakalema said Government communications officers have to give timely feedback, by taking advantage of ICT to communicate to different audiences better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country will not be tarnished by our enemies, when fake news is used by the wrong elements, it leads to wrong propaganda. Silence is not an option, you have to communicate to those who believe in you and those who don\u2019t, Uganda\u2019s image and reputation have been tainted by persistent negative messages by both internal and external wrong elements\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour role is even more crucial today because the attacks Uganda is facing are all communication and information, they are more in form of social media attacks on citizens of this nation\u201d Nakalema added.<\/p>\n<p>The Commandant of the institute Maj Gen David Kasura said there is need for government communication officers to listen to what people are saying in order to deliver the appropriate feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe solution is not counter propaganda, see through issues in your country with the correct lenses, remind yourselves that your Ugandan\u2019s, don\u2019t gag yourselves and when you do that, you will ably deliver on your duties\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>editorial@ug.nationmedia.com<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Col Edith Nakalema has said there is need for Government communications officers to provide authentic information to citizens in order to improve trust in public leaders. \u201cWe are all responsible in keeping our country peaceful and secure by engaging with the citizens, listening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":11061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-11062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov\u2019t communications officers must give authentic information- Nakalema - 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