April 28, 2008 7:56AM 

# Milton Friedman Prize Selection Committee Member Arrested 

By [Tom G. Palmer](https://www.cato.org/people/tom-g-palmer) 

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[The Ugandan government has arrested Andrew Mwenda](http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN646541.html), a member of the [2008 International Selection Committee for the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty](https://www.cato.org/special/friedman/about.html), along with his fellow journalists Odobo Bichachi and John Njoroge. Andrew Mwenda is a brave journalist who tells it like he sees it. He is well known for standing up for the rights of others; his involvement in the Milton Friedman Prize is only one element of his long commitment to human rights. It’s time that others stand up for his rights and those of Odobo Bichachi and Jhohn Njoroge. Cordial email letters to the Ugandan Embassy and the Ugandan government urging them to release the journalists and respect press freedom can make a difference:

His Excellency Professor Perezi K. Kamunanwire

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
Fax: (202) 726 1727 

[pkamunanwire@​ugandaembassyus.​org](mailto:pkamunanwire@ugandaembassyus.org)

Mr. Charles Ssentongo 
Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM)/ Minister Counselor 
Fax: (202) 726 1727 

[Cssentongo@​ugandaembassyus.​org](mailto:Cssentongo@ugandaembassyus.org)

Mr. Emmanuel Bwomono Olobo 
First Secretary 
Fax: (202) 726 1727 

[ebwomono-​olobo@​ugandaembassyus.​org](mailto:ebwomono-olobo@ugandaembassyus.org)

Mr. Michael Karugaba 
Second Secretary 
Fax: (202) 726 1727 

[mkarugaba@​ugandaembassyus.​org](mailto:mkarugaba@ugandaembassyus.org)

(In addition to being an outspoken advocate and practitioner of a free press, Andrew Mwenda is an outspoken proponent of development through the free market. [Here](http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/159) is Andrew explaining the failures of “foreign aid.”)

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