Qatahar Raymond

Mujuni Raymond Qatahar is an investigative journalist in East Africa currently working with NTV-Uganda.

He has investigated some of the Country’s most intriguing stories.

In 2012, he investigated and exposed the irregularities in the appointment process of the managing director at National Water and Sewerage Corporation.The investigation would later spark parliamentary debate on the matter leading to a further probing of the process by the IGG who also found the process wanting.

In 2013, Raymond penned down an investigative feature on the illegal trade in Gold by Ugandans in the DRC. In the months following the feature, the United Nations blacklisted three Ugandan families over their involvement in the trade of illegal gold.
In the same year, Raymond exposed the continued crackdown of Rwandan asylum seekers in Uganda. It is his story that brought to light the involvement of the Uganda Police in the illegal monitoring, threatening and eventual extradition of the asylum seekers without due process.

In 2014,Raymond exposed the grim nature in which the government of Uganda was taking African Immigrants from Israel and exchanging them for arms. The expose has led to increased activism from world human rights organisations for Uganda to stop. It is this feature that won him the runner up award in the Uganda National Journalism Awards for the investigative category.

Raymond has strong sources in the East-African security system that have seen him pen down some of the most intriguing stories on terrorism in the region, arms dealing, rebel movements and gold trade.

He was a winner of an African Center For Media Excellence (ACME) Journalism grant to investigate the Rwenzururu Killingsin which over 200 people lost their lives. He was a recipient of a national journalism award for Explanatory reporting for this story.

Raymond has a wide following on Social media platforms. In 2013, he was nominated among the best journalists on social media. In 2015, he has also picked up a nomination among the most influential social media personalities in the Social Media Awards.

His work has been featured in the prestigious Royal African society, The Daily Nation and The Eastafrican.

Raymond volunteers with charity organisation 40 days over 40 smiles.