One of Uganda’s veteran journalists, Felix Basiime has died.
Basiime whose reporting primarily focused on environmental issues and tourism, with an emphasis on oil, gas, and other extractive industries, died today morning at Mbarara regional referral hospital where he had been admitted for days, according to relatives.
Basiime served as Monitor Publications Ltd’s bureau chief in Mbarara and Fort Portal, won multiple awards and his reporting was recognized by the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO).
Basiime nurtured many young journalists, especially in the western part of Uganda.
