Soldiers ringed Uganda's largest newsroom and Kenya's president feuds with a media group: a documented pre-election clampdown on the press across East Africa.
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Key Facts
—The siege. On June 28, 2026, soldiers ringed the Nation Media Group’s Ugandan headquarters and forced NTV Uganda, Spark TV, the Daily Monitor and two radio stations off air.
—The order. It was ordered by army chief General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of President Yoweri Museveni, who wrote “I DO NOT believe in a free press.”
—The history. It was the third state shutdown of the Daily Monitor in 24 years, after closures in 2002 and 2013.
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Uganda's army chief orders shutdown of country's biggest media group
