Uganda: MPs Divided Over Editors' Summons

Last week, the parliamentary committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline issued summons to news editors of four media organisations over what parliament termed as 'negative' reporting of the institution.

This development has already attracted criticism from civil society organisations, media practitioners and the academia. Josephine Namuloki sampled a few MPs and got their take on the contentious matter.

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