James Rwehabura Tumusiime is a Ugandan author, journalist, and entrepreneur. He was born in 1950 in Rugando in
Mbarara District.
He is mostly known for spearheading the founding of ''The
New Vision
The ''New Vision'' is a Ugandan English-language newspaper published daily in print form and online.
Overview
''New Vision'' is one of two main national English-language newspapers in Uganda, the other being the ''Daily Monitor''. It is publi ...
'' in 1986,
Fountain Publishers
Fountain Publishers is a publishing company in Uganda and Rwanda. Fountain is a publisher of educational material, literary material and maps.
History
Fountain Publishers was started in 1988 by James Tumusiime and his wife. Its first offices were ...
in 1988, the National Book Trust of Uganda (NABOTU) in 1997,
100.2 Fm Radio West
Radio West is an FM radio station based in Western Region, Uganda. It is based in Mbarara with four additional repeaters. The station is owned by the Vision Group.
History
Radio West began broadcasting on 10 April 1999 under the ownership of J ...
in 1998, and Igongo Cultural Centre in 2008. He was the author of ''what makes Africans Laugh''.
He has served on several international boards, including
African Publishers Network
The African Publishers Network (APNET) is a pan-African, non-profit, collaborative network that exists to connect African publishing associations in order to exchange information and promote and strengthen indigenous publishing.
Introduction
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(APNET), the o (AABC) and the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY). He served as Chairman of Council of
Mbarara University of Science and Technology and chairman of the Uganda Tourism Board.
Education background
He attended
Mbarara High School for his
Uganda Certificate of Education and
King's College Budo for
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education. He holds a BSc in agriculture and economics from
Makerere University, an MBA from ESAMI and a
Diploma
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in
Publishing
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from the UK.'
See also
In 2016, he published an article in ''New Vision'' about elections: "we can't ignore success". He was also the author of a book titled ''Uganda's presidents - An illustrated Biograph''y.
He also wrote UnGrateful Mothers. He also has a book titled ''A directory of Uganda's Sixth parliament 1986-2001.''
He has written a book of
proverbs in the
Nyankole language, ''Entanda y'omugambi w'Orunyankore-Rukiga'', published in 2007, by Fountain Publishers of Kampala, Uganda. It is accessible online on via Archive.org.
References
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Ugandan writers
Ugandan journalists
New Vision Group
1950 births
Living people