New Vision Podcast

In part 2 of this podcast, Richard Wetaya continues to shine the spotlight on the legacies of music legends such as Tony Allen (Afro-beat co-creator), Mory Kanté (renowned Guinean vocalist and Kora player), Ahmed Ismail Hussein (Somali Music icon), Ty (acclaimed British/Nigerian Hip Hop star), Betty Wright (RNB legend), and Little Richard (Father of Modern RocknRoll) who have fallen during COVID-19 era.

From a journalist, my new official title is kadama, which means house girl in Arabic. I wake up at 4:30am, clean, cook and serve others food while I wait in the kitchen till they complete their meal, then I also eat. I am not sure if I used more water than tears to mop the floor.

From a journalist, my new official title is kadama, which means house girl in Arabic. I wake up at 4:30am, clean, cook and serve others food while I wait in the kitchen till they complete their meal, then I also eat. I am not sure if I used more water than tears to mop the floor.

“The second day I am taken to the slave market to be sold, I am finally bought. I plead to be allowed to keep my phone so that I can only use it at night. I am so scared and fail to trace where I am being taken”, (New Vision undercover journalist).

What could be the problem? Find out in this 5th episode podcast.

“The second day I am taken to the slave market to be sold, I am finally bought. I plead to be allowed to keep my phone so that I can only use it at night. I am so scared and fail to trace where I am being taken”, (New Vision undercover journalist).

What could be the problem? Find out in this 5th episode podcast.

Once we are in Dubai, our keeper tells us to get ready for the ‘office’. We put on long dresses and shawls covering our heads. Our excitement is short-lived when we are told by those who have been there before that the ‘office’ is a human slave market. I am in for the shock of my life (New Vision undercover journalist)

Once we are in Dubai, our keeper tells us to get ready for the ‘office’. We put on long dresses and shawls covering our heads. Our excitement is short-lived when we are told by those who have been there before that the ‘office’ is a human slave market. I am in for the shock of my life (New Vision undercover journalist)

On arrival in Dubai, a tall, muscular man, wearing a hoodie comes towards me, holding his phone and shows me my picture on the screen. In trying to ask him questions, he barks back, “come on woman, I am not here to answer questions, just hand over your passport and visa please”.

On arrival in Dubai, a tall, muscular man, wearing a hoodie comes towards me, holding his phone and shows me my picture on the screen. In trying to ask him questions, he barks back, “come on woman, I am not here to answer questions, just hand over your passport and visa please”.

"There is nothing impossible in Uganda. The way I beat the airport system that should have stopped me from travelling to Dubai, on  a flimsy reason, with a fake visa and without document for the journey, is baffling. It cost me Sh 500,000" (undercover journalist).