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– Compulsory parliamentary broadcast overrides planned programming on radio, TV stations (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 10, 2017

On January 5th, 2017, the live broadcasts of open-signal radio stations were obstructed, during the swearing-in of the new board of directors of the National Assembly (AN), the highest legislative entity.
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