The High Court in Kampala has quashed the Media Council of Uganda’s directive to accredit journalists to cover the 2021 …
Police move to limit coverage of election campaigns
Image by Edward Echwalu from Echwalu Photography With just two weeks left to Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections, the Police …
Is the push to accredit journalists legally tenable?
This article was first published in New Vision on 18 December, 2020. The Uganda Media Council, the regulator of journalists and the …
Police to block unaccredited journalists from covering elections
The Uganda Police announced Monday that starting 21 December 2020, only journalists accredited by the Media Council of Uganda will …
Uganda’s Media Council issues directive on registration of journalists; timing questioned
The Media Council of Uganda (MCU) has directed all practicing journalists in the country to register or risk being denied …
STATEMENT: Let the media freely report the 2021 general election
For Immediate Release 11 December 2020 Kampala—African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is dismayed by the 10 December directive by …