Ten television and radio stations will be set up countrywide in Uganda. The stations will be in Arua, Gulu, Soroti, Mbale, Kampala, Jinja, Mbarara, Fort Portal, Kabale and Hoima districts, said Kirunda Kivejinja, the third deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information.This, he said, would be implemented under a two-year plan to enable the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) operate as a public national broadcaster. He said qualified people would be recruited and trained to serve the stations. Under the plan, UBC would form a broadcasting network with the 35 transmission stations countrywide. “Because of budgetary constraints, I asked the UBC board to look for innovative ways to generate finances for the plan,” he said.
(Source: New Vision/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)