Tag Archives: Journalists

The Uganda Electoral Commission has said in a statement that the only requirement for journalists to cover the elections will be their work IDs. This therefore stands in contrast to the earlier statement issued by the Uganda Media Council. The media Council had ordered that only accredited journalists will cover elections. According to the commission, journalists who have not re-registered ...

Authorities had earlier today deployed heavily armed Police and Military officers at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala following a demonstration by journalists against brutality. This happened during the press conference by the UPDF Political Commissar Brig. Henry Matsiko. He was addressing the nation on the upcoming Tarehe Sita celebrations. According to Brig Matsiko, the celebrations will kick off in ...

The Police Spokesperson, Mr. Fred Enanga has said that every journalist with no accreditation from the Uganda Media Council will not cover elections. He said this will begin on the 21st of December 2020. According to him this will solve the problem of unbalanced news, spread of rumors and biased opinions which are surrounding the election period. He emphasized that ...

Campaigns have gotten sower for presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine after he spent the whole night in the cold along the road side in his car. Presidential hopeful, was allegedly denied access to any hotel by DPC of Nakasongola, Patience Namara. Bobi Wine said they were traveling to Kyakwanzi via Hoima but found the road blocked by the ...

Many viewers have come out and put different Ugandan media stations on gun point to chose political sides to which they belong. Actually, some viewers have already sidelined some stations claiming they are in support of the ruling party, NRM. It even came to an extent of generating hash tags to boycott some stations. NBS Television is one of the ...