Uganda Communications Commission has been challenged about its heavy-handed approach to perceived threats to public order by the media. Speaking at a World Press Freedom Day 2019 conference in Kampala, Dr Wairagala Wakabi, the executive director of the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for Eastern and Southern Africa (CIPESA) said there has never been a […]
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The Lira-based Unity FM station which was closed for allegedly inciting violence during protests over the killing of an 11-year-old boy, is yet to reopen, 10 days later. Two men of Indian origin are accused of killing the boy on November 9, sparking off protests in Lira District. The station was taken off air on […]
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Editors note: The suspended radio presenters named below were cleared by UCC to resume work on Thursday 7 December, 2017. Endigyito Radio is the latest FM station to be punished for what the regulator says is a breach of minimum broadcasting standards. The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) suspended the producer and presenter of a political […]
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The media has been on the receiving end as the debate on whether or not to change the presidential age limit continues. In October alone, two radio stations were taken off air after they were accused of inciting violence, while a TV station was asked to fire a producer for a news show over the […]
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Uganda Press Freedom Network, an informal group of up to 232 journalists from various media houses in Uganda, has protested the directives and actions of several State agencies preventing the coverage of debate around the proposed lifting of the presidential age limit. Below is the statement: Ugandan journalists protest gagging by the State Over […]
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This surge of interest and activity on Uganda’s social media landscape echoes past incidents that have threatened citizens’ access to information and freedom of speech and the press.
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