Press Censorship Ended in 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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