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Ugandan clergy call for restraint ahead of 2021 polls JOHN SEMAKULA Religious leaders in Uganda have asked the government and the civil society to exercise restraint as a crackdown on civil liberties gathers momentum ahead of the 2021 general election.  The Anglican Bishop of Mukono Diocese, the Rt Rev James William Sebaggala, told  Sight officials in government as well as those in civil society must take responsibility for every decision they make to put an end to the ongoing crackdown on civil society organisations. President Yoweri Museveni (in white) meeting some of Uganda’s religi...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 22 2020 MASAKA/RAKAI- Presidential candidate Nancy Kalemba has questioned the motive of the Media Council of Uganda to register journalists, a few days to the 2021 General Election. According to the guidelines released on December 10, all practicing journalists covering election events must hold press tags issued by the council or they won’t be able to cover electoral and other events. The exercise, which was supposed to start last week, was expected to run up to December 21. Mr Paulo Ekochu, the council chairperson, said in the statement that the move is inte...

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 pass...

December 15, 2020 Uganda Media Council wants all journalists covering the 2021 election registered by December 18, 2020 Representatives of the Editors’ Guild, together with other partners in the industry, today met with the Uganda Media Council following its recent communication on accrediting journalists to cover the 2021 general elections and other state events.  We continue to note that Ugandan law gives the Council the mandate to regulate the journalism industry. As a body founded to promote media freedom, professional journalism and fraternity in the industry, we welcome efforts to i...