The Chief Executive Officer of the state-run New Vision newspaper, Robert Kabushenga is involved in another scandal but this time it’s not about blackmailing struggling city tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia.
Ugandans were shocked and outraged to discover that the newspaper with hundreds of workers made a mistake in a headline in today’s paper. “Public service” was described as “pubic service”.
Somehow, the mistake got past those who edit, monitor and proofread the newspaper, and many were outraged. The company through its head quickly issued an apology, saying they “have learnt our lesson”.
“To all the readers of The New Vision: Please accept my sincere apology for the error that appeared in our headline this morning. These kinds of lapses are as embarrassing as they are unacceptable,” Kabushenga posted on social networking site Facebook.
“We have learnt our lesson and we shall be more vigilant in future. Thanks for keeping us on our toes by pointing out where we go wrong. It is one way we can improve continuously. We do not take your high expectations of us for granted. We therefore take all the feedback in good faith. Thank you for reading our paper critically. Best!”
Sincere apologies to all the readers of .@newvisionwire. We are terribly embarrassed about the error in our headline. Please forgive us🙏. pic.twitter.com/1hYLaoaF8x
— Robert Kabushenga (@rkabushenga) July 20, 2017
What’s more, the so-called apology from Mr. Kabushenga also had a grammatical mistake that led to more trolling and memes.
You can see some of the reactions to New Vision’s blunder below.
