In a bid to assert its influence nationally over private media, government announced today that each broadcast media must provide at least four hours of free airtime to government every week.
Speaking at the broadcasters' forum today, the minister of Information and National Guidance, Rose Namayanja Nsereko, said the airtime was to be used to communicate government programmes, plans and policies.
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