Press Censorship Ended in Uganda
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KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has lifted censorship imposed by the previous military regime and encouraged the nation’s press to expose government corruption, Ugandan officials said Wednesday.
Information Minister Abu Mayanja told a meeting of newspaper editors that Museveni believes a free press can serve as a watchdog against human rights abuses.
Museveni’s National Resistance Army seized power in Uganda on Jan. 25, ousting Gen. Tito Okello, who had toppled civilian President Milton Obote in a military coup last July.
Mayanja said the government will provide subsidies to newspapers to import newsprint to ensure the survival of as many newspapers as possible in Uganda.
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