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Museveni to meet broadcasters over ban on govt activities

Juliet Nalwooga | July 21, 2023

President Museveni is set to meet the leadership of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) on August 10, 2023, to discuss an amicable way on how advertising funds are distributed across both private and state-owned media. The meeting follows NAB’s nationwide boycott of the coverage of government activities in protest […]

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Broadcasters vow to boycott govt activities over Museveni advertising directive

David Mujuni | July 20, 2023

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has vowed to stop covering government activities until President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to have all government advertising go through the Uganda Broadcasting Cooperation (UBC) is reversed. According to Museveni’s letter dated 6th March 2023, addressed to the Office of the Prime Minister, any accounting […]

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NAB asks IGP to hold journalists’ tormentors accountable

Juliet Nalwooga | April 13, 2023

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to bring the officers responsible for attacks on journalists to book. In a letter to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola, NAB chairman, Mr. Kin Karisa says the media plays a critical role […]

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Broadcasters want Museveni’s advertising directive halted

Juliet Nalwooga | March 23, 2023

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has petitioned the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja over a directive by President Yoweri Museveni to have all government advertising be through the Uganda Broadcasting Cooperation (UBC). The directive as quoted from a March 6, 2023, letter from the president to the office of the […]