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September 5, 2022

UCC powers come under scrutiny as the regulator sanctions media houses

By Obadia Ismail Otim The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the sector regulator, on August 9, 2022 handed out its decision …

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February 23, 2021

Public trust in the media is at a new low: a radical rethink of journalism is needed

Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town A recent report by an independent panel on the ethics and credibility of South …

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December 19, 2020

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 …

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February 8, 2019

UCC threatens to shut down Daily Monitor website

The Uganda Communications Commission has ordered the Daily Monitor to immediately suspend its website for failing to register it as …

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October 28, 2016

Regulator warns NTV on breach of minimum standards

Uganda’s broadcast regulator has instructed NTV Uganda to stop featuring in its programming the crude language of commentator Frank Gashumba, …

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October 6, 2016

We need independent media regulation – Vision Group Editor-in-Chief

This commentary was first published in the 6 October 2016 edition of New Vision. For more information and news on …

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