Media in Uganda
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In 1993, the Ugandan government reformed its control of the media, precipitating a massive growth in privately owned radio and television in the country. Radio and newspapers are available in English, as well as several vernacular languages.
On 10 August 2005, President Yoweri Museveni threatened to close down newspapers which continued to publish "conspiracy theories" about the death of Sudanese vice-president John Garang. Garang died when the Ugandan helicopter he was travelling in crashed on the way back from talks in Uganda. In a statement, Museveni claimed such speculation was a threat to national security. "I will no longer tolerate a newspaper which is like a vulture. Any newspaper that plays around with regional security, I will not tolerate it - I will close it".[1][2] The following day, popular radio station KFM had its license withdrawn for broadcasting a debate on Garang's death.[3] Radio presenter Andrew Mwenda has since been arrested and released.
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[edit] News agencies
- Uganda News Agency
- Uganda Media Centre
[edit] Print media
[edit] State-owned daily newspapers
- New Vision
- Bukedde
- Etop
- Rupiny
- Orumiri
[edit] Private newspapers
[edit] Television
- UBC TV - state owned
- NTV Lira - Private Developmental station Broadcasting in Luo. Based in Northern Uganda town of Lira
[edit] Radio
[edit] Domestic Stations
- UBC Radio - state-owned, operates five stations including commercial Star FM
- Radio Simba - private
- Capital Radio - private
- KFM - private, operated by Monitor Publications
- Radio One - private
- Central Broadcasting Service (CBS) - private
- Dembe FM - private
- Radio Lira 5 kW operating in Luo in Northern Uganda
- All Karamoja FM- radio for peace/development in Karamoja
- Busoga96 FM Development radio in Lusoga language
- Kapchworwa FM Making a difference in cross border conflict area
- Moyo FM defining development at the Sudan border
- Super FM Operated by Peter Sematimba
[edit] Foreign Stations
- BBC World Service
- Radio France Internationale - operates in Kampala on FM
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