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Muhoozi Kainerugaba has asserted growing control in recent months, ordering the arrests of politicians, activists and now a media shutdown. [Courtesy]
Uganda's leading independent media group said it was under "military siege" on Sunday after the army chief ordered the shutdown of its newspapers, TV station and radio outlets.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the head of Uganda's military and President Yoweri Museveni's son, has asserted growing control in recent months, ordering the arrests of politicians, activists and now a media shutdown.
"NTV and Moniter (sic) are being shut down from today!" Kainerugaba wrote on X, referring to NTV Uganda and the Daily Monitor, both part of the Nation Media Group.
