Muhame Giles

Giles Muhame is a Ugandan journalist, news editor who made international news in 2010 and 2011 for his efforts to out homosexuals. He is the co-founder of Chimpreports; a daily tabloid newspaper published in Kampala, Uganda.

Early life and education background
Muhame was born in 1988, Ibanda District in Western Uganda. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Makerere University.

Career
In August 2010, he founded the tabloid newspaper Rolling Stone, In 2014, he founded Chimpreports an online news portalbased in Uganda. Muhame wrote a story about the 'handshake' story which exposed government officials who had awarded themselves large sums of money after winning a court case against Tullow Oil He has covered the conflicts in Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. He is a member on the National Taskforce on 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies.

Other considerations
Muhame has interests in media consultant, e-commerce entrepreneur, farming and real estate. He mentioned Julian Assange and Bob Woodward as his role models. He serves as the president Uganda Online Media Publishers Association since 2016.

External references

 * Biography of Giles Muhame
 * Where Being Gay Is a Life-and-Death Struggle
 * Giles Muhame
 * Death by Tabloid