By Charles Odongtho
Uganda’s Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya has said he is fascinated by
the innovation of blogging as part of the media freedom that his country cherishes.
He added: The idea of blogging the Commonwealth People’s Forum is a good initiative. Those who cannot be here physically can still participate actively and share their experiences with the ones on the ground. One does not need to be here to take part thanks to the wonders of modern technology. Blogging is also the epitome of openness which encourages you to express yourselves freely but constructively or else you may not be heard..
The Vice President was opening the first ever People’s Space set up as part 
of this year’s Commonwealth activities in Uganda the British Council set up the blogging facility at the People’s Space to promote discussion and exchange of ideas even among those who are not attending in person the on-going Commonwealth activities.
Dr. Bukenya, obviously smitten by the innovations at the people’s forum, suggested that the idea of a People’s Forum should be replicated in subsequent CHOGMs. The Vice President had earlier inspected the various stalls at the People’s Space and been shown how the blogging technology worked, by Matt O’Neill, the coordinator for the blogging facility. While the Vice President was clearly fascinated by the process, Matt himself admitted that he was impressed by the fact that he was sitting next to the second citizen of Uganda.
The next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in two years will be hosted by Trinidad/Tobago. So there you go, Trinidad/Tobago: Uganda has led the way in ICT usage, why don’t you take it up as the Vice President has suggested?
I would like to thank the british council office in uganda for creating this space were we can be informed about developments in the commonwealth meetings and also interact by voicing out our opinions.
secondly i wish this becomes the trend whenever the commonwealth is sitting in a particular country cause there are many benefits to those people who are unable to attend the events.
Lastly i wish the commonwealth nations head of goverments find ways of reducing on emissions and enviromental degredation that is causing global warming then we shall be greatfull
Thank you the british council