Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz has personally stepped into the crisis surrounding the shutdown of Nation Media Group’s (NMG) Ugandan operations, travelling to Entebbe for talks with Uganda’s military chief as efforts intensify to restore one of East Africa’s largest independent media businesses.
Aziz met Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, at the Special Forces Command headquarters on Wednesday, July 1, just days after the military ordered the closure of NTV Uganda, Spark TV, KFM, Dembe FM and the Daily Monitor’s printing operations.
The meeting marks the latest development in a dispute that has shaken Uganda’s media industry.
Armed security personnel raided Nation Media Group's facilities in Kampala in the early hours of June 28, forcing its television and radio stations off the air and blocking staff from accessing the Daily Monitor printing press.
The shutdown followed a series of social media posts by Muhoozi accusing the media house of running what he described as hostile and biased coverage against the Ugandan government.
