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Nation Media Group journalists readmitted to Parliament after months-long bar

Civic Space & Media Freedom Verified Kampala 18 May 2026 Severity: 2/5

Reporters from Nation Media Group, owner of NTV Uganda and Daily Monitor, entered Parliament on Monday for the first time in almost a year, according to the Daily Monitor. The paper said they were ushered in by Aringa South MP Alioni Yorke Odria. NMG had been barred since October of the previous year, and the reasons for the bar were never made clear, the paper reported.

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