{UAH} A UGANDA TV STATION BARRED FROM COVERING PRESIDENTIAL EVENTS

Uganda TV station barred from covering presidential events after capturing president sleeping

Uganda's government on Wednesday banned one of the country's main TV stations from reporting on presidential events after it broadcast images which it said showed President Yoweri Museveni having a nap in parliament, according to The Standard

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni in his habitual 'meditation'. Photo: Andrew Winning/Reuters

“The President has habits, he meditates and they know it and still they go out and say he was sleeping”, said government media centre manager, Dennis Katungi, to AFP reporters.

NTV Uganda, part of the Nation Media Group, and the largest independent media house in east and central Africa would be punished, the government’s spokesperson told The Standard. He also added that the government has suspended the media house’s coverage of the president while they consider their relationship with NTV.

“The suspension should not be permanent, it’s only temporary…to make them think”, Katungi added.

President Yoweri Museveni has ruled the east African nation for 28 years.

Source: The Standard

 

 

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