Charles Onyango-Obbo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Charles Onyango-Obbo
Occupation	Non-Fiction Author
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1958(1958-01-20)
Age	66
Birthplace	Mbale
Country	Uganda
Birth City	Mbale District
Horoscope	Capricorn

Charles Onyango-Obbo Biography

Charles Onyango-Obbo is one of the most popular and richest Non-Fiction Author who was born on January 20, 1958 in Mbale, Mbale District, Uganda. Ugandan author famous for his hit work “It Never Happened.” He is also famous for his time as the Editor for Mail & Guardian Africa.

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In late 1997, he and Andrew Mwenda, now managing director and Editor-in-Chief of The Ugandan Independent news magazine, then a reporter with the Daily Monitor, were arrested and charged “publication of false news”. Their arrest followed a story in which the paper quoted reports in The Indian Ocean newsletter, that Uganda had become compensated with gold by the Kinshasa government of Laurent Kabila, for its support in, along with Rwanda, in helping to oust the regime of long-term Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. They fought the case through the High Court, where their appeal was rejected; went to the Constitutional Court, where again their appeal was rejected; and eventually in 2003 won the most significant court victory for Uganda when the Uganda Supreme Court, against the state, ruled the offense of “publication of false news” to be unconstitutional.

With that, Onyango-Obbo took up an offer from Nation Media Group, which had taken a majority stake in The Monitor in March 2000, to move to Nairobi, Kenya, and initiate the group’s media convergence operations. In his view, his continued presence had become counter-productive, because of the hostility of the government towards him and the extent to which he had become a controversial figure, and was overshadowing the newspaper’s long-term prospects and undermining the ability of other journalists at the paper to emerge.

He was raised and born within Eastern Uganda.

Charles Onyango-Obbo Net Worth

Charles Onyango-Obbo is one of the richest Non-Fiction Author from Uganda. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Charles Onyango-Obbo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started his popular Twitter page in the month of May 2009.

He has amassed more than 430,000 followers on his Twitter. He has also written an every week column called “Ear To The Ground.”

Charles “Mase” Onyango-Obbo, also Charles Onyango Obbo, (born 1958) is a Ugandan author, journalist, and former Editor of Mail & Guardian Africa. He is a former Managing Editor of The Monitor, a daily Ugandan newspaper, former Executive Editor for the Africa and Digital Media Division with Nation Media Group. Considered one of the finest journalists in Africa, Onyango-Obbo is a political commentator on issues in East Africa and the African Great Lakes region. He writes a column, “Ear to the Ground”, in The Monitor, a second column in the regional weekly The EastAfrican, and a third in the Daily Nation.

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Charles Ranked on the list of most popular Non-Fiction Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Uganda. Charles Onyango-Obbo celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.