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A power struggle between Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and the Uganda Media Centre on the one hand, and political interference from government on the other, are some of the causes of the problems that have blighted the public broadcaster since its inception in 2005.

The Observer has learnt from various sources familiar with UBC’s operations that because the Uganda Media Centre, which is under the Office of the President, wants to take control of the media industry in Uganda, it has gone out of its way to fault UBC’s management at every stage “in the hope to cause a change of management”.

“They are using their quick access to the President to write such malicious reports,” the source said. Asked for the specific reports that were malicious, the source said because they are mainly intelligence briefs, they are hard to come by. “But somehow, we get wind of what was written,” the source said.

Lately, President Museveni has opted to address the nation on private or commercial stations such as WBS TV or Bukedde TV, and not UBC, the public broadcaster, which has the mandate to promote government programmes.

That, the source said, has been the handiwork of the people at the Media Centre in their bid to undermine UBC. The Observer was unable to get a comment from Fred Opolot, the Director of the Uganda Media Centre, as he was out of the country.

It is such reports that also led to the suspension of the Chris Katuramu-led UBC board two weeks ago over fraud, corruption and mismanagement. Others suspended included Edward Musinguzi Mugasa, the managing director; board members: Prof Pilkington Ssengendo, David Oola, Dr Daisy Namono, Fred Bamwesigye, Wandera, Tom Okurut, and Kabakumba Matsiko, the former minister of Information.

The matter has since been taken over by the police. An official at the Media Centre, who declined to be named, said they would not call it fighting or badmouthing UBC but, rather, the government agency is merely doing its work.

“It is part of the work and it is routine work. We have a mandate to monitor the media in the country. Yes, we have access to the President but we don’t badmouth UBC,” the official said.

At the transformation of UTV into UBC TV, it was never envisaged that the public broadcaster would command such large amounts of money and, therefore, little preparation was made.

“It wasn’t conceived to do the work of a public broadcaster but, rather, created by friends for friends. There was no public involvement majorly because there is no policy for a public broadcaster,” a knowledgeable source said.

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