Uganda: How CBS Radio Got Back On Air

30 October 2010

President Museveni last week directed that the Central Broadcasting Services (CBS) radio be re-opened after a year which left over 130 employees without jobs. He said he was adhering to numerous calls from listeners, some of whom NRM supporters.

But the re-opening of CBS has since generated debate with the public wondering how the station got back on air and what it means for the Buganda –central government relations and media freedoms. There is also the fundamental question of whether the government acted within the law both with the closure and the reopening.

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