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@kfm Thu, 09 May 2024 10:35:34

Govt appeals to broadcasters to heed to UCC directive on Museveni census messages

With just hours to Census night, government is appealing to the media to fully support and publicize the 2024 National Housing and Population Census exercise. This is after the National Association of Broadcasters turned down the directive by Uganda Communications Commission for broadcasters to air President Museveni’s census message. According to the association chairman Innocent Nahabwe, media houses operate as commercial entities, paying licensing fees to UCC, taxes and face financial obligations such as staff salaries and operational expenses. In a statement issued yesterday, Nahabwe said there should be deliberate budgeting for national activities like the census. However, addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Center in Kampala on Thursday, ICT and National Guidance Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi has said that […]

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