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Op-ed – UCC’s latest directive on online content producer registration arrives with a shadow

By Raymond Mpubani and Clare Muhindo The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has doubled down on the registration of news websites and online broadcasters, requiring all providers of such services to register by 5 October, 2020. The target services are blogs, online televisions, online radios, online newspapers, internet-based radios and TV stations, streaming radio and TV providers, and […]

Posted On : September 9, 2020 Published By : ACME team

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Defamation: What journalists need to know

Defamation is probably the easiest charge that can be leveled against a journalist. It is pertinent therefore that every media practitioner is aware of the offence of defamation. According to Section 180 (1) of the Penal Code Act, a defamatory matter is one “… likely to injure the reputation of any person by exposing that […]

Posted On : February 12, 2015 Published By : Paul Kimumwe

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Journalist fees: media not seeing the forest for the trees

Ugandan journalists have been alarmed by a statutory instrument that Information Minister Namayanja Rose Nsereko issued last month. Under Press and Journalists (Fees) Regulations, 2014 a journalist is required to pay Shs200,000 for a practising certificate and Shs100,000 for its annual renewal. A journalist is also required to pay Shs30,000 for a certificate of enrollment […]

Posted On : March 24, 2014 Published By : Peter G. Mwesige

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Groups file petition challenging the Press and Journalists Act

PRESS RELEASE On Friday, the Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), in cooperation with the Human Rights Network for Journalists and the Eastern Africa Media Institute, a tripartite initiative known as the Partnership for a Free and Independent Media, filed a Constitutional Petition. This petition, recorded as Constitutional Petition number 9 of 2014, (see attached) […]

Posted On : March 21, 2014 Published By : ACME Admin

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Proposed changes to Ugandan media law: Media, rights groups push back

The first half of 2010 has been a period of heightened activity amongst media practitioners in Uganda. It is all because of the government’s proposed changes to the law that governs the print media. The draft Press and Journalist (Amendment) Bill, 2010, seeks to amend the Press and Journalist Act, 2000 (formerly Statute 1995) to […]

Posted On : July 29, 2010 Published By : Grace Natabaalo

Tag: Uganda media law

Op-ed – UCC’s latest directive on online content producer registration arrives with a shadow

Defamation: What journalists need to know

Journalist fees: media not seeing the forest for the trees

Groups file petition challenging the Press and Journalists Act

Proposed changes to Ugandan media law: Media, rights groups push back

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