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Deputy Speaker Tayebwa refers journalist over edited video of his remarks to UCC, demands public apology

Civic Space & Media Freedom Single source Kampala 21 Oct 2026 Severity: 1/5

According to ChimpReports, Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa told Parliament that a CBS FM journalist accredited to Parliament had edited and shared a video that misrepresented his remarks about nurses. Tayebwa said he had referred the matter to the Uganda Communications Commission and asked Parliament's Corporate Affairs Department to handle it, and demanded that the journalist apologise publicly.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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