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Tag: Media regulation

Media analysis / News

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

February 23, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town A recent report by an independent panel on the ethics and credibility of South Africa’s news media makes for worrying reading. The panel, headed …

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Freedom of expression / Media law / News

Is the push to accredit journalists legally tenable?

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 - by Peter G. Mwesige - Leave a Comment

This article was first published in New Vision on 18 December, 2020. The Uganda Media Council, the regulator of journalists and the print media in the country, has finally made it back …

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Freedom of expression / Media news / News / Press freedom

UCC threatens to shut down Daily Monitor website

February 8, 2019July 4, 2019 - by Grace Natabaalo - Leave a Comment

The Uganda Communications Commission has ordered the Daily Monitor to immediately suspend its website for failing to register it as per the new directive issued to all online publishers last …

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Regulator warns NTV on breach of minimum standards

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016 - by Harriet Anena - Leave a Comment

Uganda’s broadcast regulator has instructed NTV Uganda to stop featuring in its programming the crude language of commentator Frank Gashumba, or else be found in breach of minimum broadcasting standards. …

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Media analysis / Media news

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

October 6, 2016 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

This commentary was first published in the 6 October 2016 edition of New Vision. For more information and news on the subject, visit www.newvision.co.ug. *** Parliament recently summoned the editors …

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Did the Amendment of Public Finance Management Act 2015 Erode Uganda’s Fiscal Discipline in Oil and Gas Sector
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In December 2021, Parliament passed The Public Finance Management (Amendment) Act, a law that governs how public money and resources are mobilised or collected, stored, dispensed and reported on

Did the Amendment of Public Finance Management Act 2015 Erode Uganda’s Fiscal Discipline in Oil and Gas Sector
Did the Amendment of Public Finance Management Act 2015 Erode Uganda’s Fiscal Discipline in Oil and Gas Sector
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