Month: February 2011

The state-owned public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), has been barred from airing any coverage of the ongoing public protests in Libya and a number of other North African and Maghreb countries, The Observer reports. The gag order, according to impeccable sources within UBC, came down from the corporation’s managing director, Edward Musinguzi Mugasa, sometime […]

At least seven journalists were on February 23 roughed up as they covered local council elections in Kampala, the Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) reports. After being tipped off about vote rigging at a polling station, six TV, radio and photojournalists rushed to the scene only to be beaten up by supporters of one […]

Two employees of Uganda’s national broadcaster have been sacked just days after international election observers gave a negative review of the station’s coverage of the just concluded general elections. The  Daily Monitor  reported on Wednesday that the two men, working for Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) were not offered any reason for their dismissal. The two, […]

The  presidential and parliamentary elections are over, but new results will keep  coming in for another five days or so. The local  news media have reported on the results quite comprehensively. In particular,  we have seen some significant strides in television coverage of the elections.  Kudos! But the one  area where our television stations — […]

Should journalists, in the name of objectivity, refrain from calling lies from our leaders just that? American columnist (salon.com) and blogger Glenn Greenwald thinks not. Read on

The Committee to Protect Journalists documents various attacks on the press in Uganda in the year 2010. The report highlights the successes and troubles in the media industry as the struggle for press freedom goes on. Top Developments • Electronic surveillance measure enacted; may chill news reporting. • Court strikes down sedition law used against […]