28/06/2026
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ALLIANCE FOR NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION | 28 June 2026
We expresses our grave concern over reports that security personnel have surrounded the premises of Nation Media Group and disrupted the operations of Daily Monitor, NTV Uganda, Spark TV and KFM.
A free, independent, and professional media is a cornerstone of every constitutional democracy. Any action that restricts journalists from carrying out their work should be transparent, lawful, necessary, and fully consistent with the Constitution of Uganda and the country’s international human rights obligations.
We urge the Uganda Human Rights Commission, the Uganda Law Society, media associations, civil society organizations, and regional and international partners committed to the protection of press freedom to closely monitor developments and encourage adherence to constitutional and democratic principles.
We respectfully call upon all media institutions to continue discharging their professional responsibilities with independence, fairness, and fidelity to the public interest. A free press is indispensable to transparency, accountability, and informed public participation.
We call for the immediate restoration of broadcasting and publication services and reaffirms that any actions affecting media organisations should remain subject to the rule of law, judicial oversight, and constitutional safeguards.
The strength of a democracy is measured not by how it treats those who agree with it, but by how faithfully it protects the freedoms guaranteed to all.
