The New Vision is a Ugandan English-language daily newspaper. It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Government of Uganda. It is the flagship newspaper of the state-owned Vision Group, a multimedia conglomerate. Along with its privately owned competitor, the Daily Monitor, the New Vision is one of the two largest national newspapers in Uganda.[2]
History
The New Vision traces its origins to the colonial era. Its institutional predecessor, the Uganda Argus, was founded in 1955 as a British colonial government publication.[3]
Following Uganda's independence in 1962, the government of President Milton Obote retained the Uganda Argus as its official paper. After the 1971 coup, the government of Idi Amin renamed the paper the Voice of Uganda. When Amin was overthrown in 1979, the succeeding government named it the Uganda Times.
When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power in 1986, the publication was rebranded as the New Vision. Throughout its history under various names, the newspaper has consistently been the official media organ of the government in power.