The president’s son mentioned he didn’t consider in a free press as navy personnel had been deployed to the media workplaces.
Printed On 28 Jun 2026
The chief of Uganda’s navy says he has ordered the closure of two of the nation’s largest media retailers.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba mentioned on Sunday that the Each day Monitor, the nation’s largest impartial every day newspaper, and NTV Uganda, one of many largest personal broadcasters, had been being shut down and wouldn’t reopen with out his permission.
“In Uganda, I don’t consider in a free press!” Kainerugaba, who’s the president’s son, wrote on X.
“To any extent further ALL unhealthy tales about Uganda should be cleared by my workplace!” he mentioned in one in all a sequence of posts, including that every one media in Uganda would observe the foundations, going ahead.
Army personnel deployed
Each the Each day Monitor and NTV Uganda are owned by the Nation Media Group (NMG) conglomerate. The Each day Monitor mentioned armed safety personnel had been exterior NMG Uganda’s headquarters in Namuwongo, Kampala and its Serena Lodge location, with employees reporting “nobody was being allowed to enter or depart.”
NTV Uganda, Spark TV and different TV and radio broadcasters owned by NMG had been down within the nation on Sunday, the Reuters information company reported.
In response to Kainerugaba, he has had the facility to close down any media outlet since 2017, when his father, President Yoweri Museveni, granted him this potential.
Kainerugaba is seen because the probably successor to his father, who has dominated Uganda since 1986 and can also be identified to write down controversial social media posts.
His authorities shut down the Each day Monitor for 10 days in 2013, and in 2007, NTV Uganda was taken off air months after its launch, following authorities criticism of its protection.
The Uganda Folks’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Uganda Police Pressure and Uganda Communications Fee (UCC) are but to launch a press release on the operation.
Uganda’s Nationwide Affiliation of Broadcasters mentioned it was intently monitoring the scenario, including that it was “deeply involved about this motion and its affect on the media ecosystem” and the rights enshrined within the structure.
