Daily Monitor Thursday December 17 2020 Summary It is time for us to write a new media law, not try to implement one that is clearly obsolete. Advertisement The deregulation of the media industry in Uganda in the early 1990s saw a proliferation of new radio and television stations, as well as small print titles. The resulting demand for journalistic talent was so great, the undergraduate Mass Communication course at Makerere University became the most-sought-after overnight and would continue to be for many years. To regulate the bustling media space, the Press and Journalist’s Act was passed in 1995, creating the National Institute of Journalists (NIJU) as the membership body, and the Media Council as the regulator. NIJU was stillborn because of two provisions: One requiring academic qualifications, and another requiring an annual practicing certificate.