Mr. David Malingha Doya, journalist at The East African, was the winner of the 2009 Nile Media Awards.
The award giving ceremony, held at the While Horse Inn in Kabale District, southwestern Uganda, was attended by Hon. Maria Mutagamba, Minister of Water and Environment of Uganda, Senior Officials from the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment, Local Authorities from the Kabale District Local Government, Representatives of the Nile Media Network Chapters, Civil Society, as well as staff of the Nile Basin Initiative.  The event took place on 22 February 2010 in conjunction with this year’s Nile Day Regional celebrations.

Hon. Maria Mutagamba handed over the awards in form of monetary prixes and trophies.  David Malingha-Doya from Uganda won the first prize; the second prize was given to Kenya’s Joseph Peter Ngombe and the third to Cosmas Butunyi also from Kenya.

The Nile Media Awards were introduced by the Nile Basin Initiative last year 2009.  Journalists from both the print and electronic media from the Nile Basin Initiative Member States of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda were invited to compete for the awards.

The Regional Award recognizes journalists for outstanding reporting on Nile Basin issues and the work of the Nile Basin Initiative.  Entries focusing on gender issues in NBI’s work and activities in the Nile Basin in general are given special consideration/.