UCC directs broadcasters to stay impartial during campaigns and require candidate-presenters to take leave

According to ChimpReports, the Uganda Communications Commission issued a public notice reminding all broadcasters of their duty to be impartial and non-partisan ahead of the 2026 elections. The regulator said it had seen media practitioners hosting programmes while campaigning for office and had received complaints of candidates being denied airtime over political affiliation, and said presenters seeking elective office should take leave from their programmes.