If Uganda media houses do not stand up for and defend media freedoms, who will?

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 31 January 2023 Kampala—On Thursday, 26 January 2023, Simon Muyanga Lutaaya, Al-mahadi Adam and Lukia Suubo Mpozza, working with Baba Television were suspended over a viral video viewed as “demeaning, mocking and ridiculing Parliament of Uganda’s role in the censure of Hon. Persis Namuganza.” The video was a recording of […]

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Lessons from the court’s decision about Uganda’s computer misuse law

By Kenneth Ntende Uganda’s Constitutional Court on 10 January 2023 declared section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act of 2011 to be null and void as it was inconsistent with and in contravention of article 29(1) of the constitution. In the judgment of Justice Kenneth Kakuru, court noted that a statute is void for vagueness […]

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