In April 2017, Gertrude Tumusiime Uwitware, a news anchor at NTV Uganda, defended Stella Nyanzi, an outspoken professor who criticized the Museveni administration for failing to fulfill a campaign promise to distribute sanitary pads to poor girls.
Mnamo Aprili 2017,  Gertrude Tumusiime Uwitware, mtangazaji wa runinga ya NTV Uganda, alimtetea Stella Nyanzi, mwanaharakati msomi aliyeukosoa utawala wa Museveni kwa kutotimiza ahadi za kampeni za kuwasambazia taulo za sodo wasichana masikini.