New Vision (newspaper) government kept the name of its daily publication as "Uganda Argus". Following the rise to power of Idi Amin in 1971, the government paper was renamed "Voice of Uganda". When Amin was deposed in 1979, the second Obote government named its paper "Uganda Times". When the National Resistance Movement seized power in 1986, the name of the daily newspaper was changed to "New Vision". The "Uganda Argus" and its successors always presented as the "official" newspaper of the regime in power. The Vision Group incorporated as the New Vision Printing & Publishing Company Limited (NVPPCL), started business in March 1986.
Shadi Amin Shadi Amin Shadi Amin () is an Iranian writer and activist. She was forced to leave Iran in early 1980s because of her political activities. Amin is currently living in exile in Germany. Prior to leaving Iran, Amin had to hide her sexuality in public, though she had freedom to express herself in her own family. Amin was politically active starting in 1979, when she was only 14: she was against Khomeini's rule. Eventually, she had to flee in 1983, traveling to Pakistan, through Istanbul and Berlin to settle in Frankfurt. She has researched gender discrimination, systematic oppression against women