Uganda Communications Commission, (UCC) has set up an urgent meeting with senior managers of media houses and broadcasters to address issues of hate speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a letter dated 25th<\/sup>\u00a0February, 2025 and signed by the UCC Executive Director, Nyombi Thembo, and adressed to all broadcasters, Chairperson National Association of Broadcasters, Chairperson Rural Broadcasters Association, Chairperson Uganda Media Owners Association, Chairperson Independent Online Journalists Association and Chairperson Online Media Publishers Association, he said the meeting will be addressing issues relating to increasing broadcast of content that is creating disharmony amongst the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSuch content is increasingly sensational, spreading hatred, and false information capable of inciting violence amongst the public,\u201d writes Nyombi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This after the CDF, General Kainerugaba Muhoozi at the weekend on his official X account expressed concern about publication of stories that spread hatred among Ugandans . <\/p>\n\n\n\n The meeting is scheduled for 27th<\/sup>\u00a0February, 2025 at the UCC headquarters in Bugolobi at 9:00 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CEOs of media houses and representatives from the Ministry of ICT& National Guidance, and representatives from the security agencies are expected to attend..<\/p>\n\n\n\n Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Uganda Communications Commission, (UCC) has set up an urgent meeting with senior managers of media houses and broadcasters to address<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/download-8.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3596,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/rural-broadcasters-association-holds-consultative-meeting-with-ucc-and-ursb-on-how-to-pay-ugandas-perfoming-artists-royalties\/","url_meta":{"origin":13917,"position":0},"title":"RURAL BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION HOLDS CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH UCC AND URSB ON HOW TO PAY UGANDA\u2019S PERFOMING ARTISTS ROYALTIES","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"July 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporter \u00a0The Rural Broadcasters Association has held a consultative meeting with the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), and Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) \u00a0to work out mechanisms through which \u00a0Uganda\u2019s performing artists\u00a0 will be paid \u00a0royalties for their work when reproduced on radio stations\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Entertainment"","block_context":{"text":"Entertainment","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/entertainment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-05-20-14-57.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-05-20-14-57.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-05-20-14-57.jpg 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16266,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-government-doesnt-intend-to-shut-down-the-internet-during-election-ministry-of-ict-ps-dr-aminah-zawedde\/","url_meta":{"origin":13917,"position":1},"title":"Uganda Government Doesn’t Intend To Shut Down The Internet During Election -Ministry Of ICT PS Dr. Aminah Zawedde\u00a0","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance , Dr. Aminah Zawedde\u00a0, has told the nation that government has not announced, directed, or implemented any decision to shut down the internet during the election period. 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