Members of Parliament have petitioned the Government during a parliamentary seating to fund the purchase of brand new modern equipment for UBC television and its sister stations.
Speaking out infront of the seating, Hon. Tonny Ayoo, presenting the ICT committee gave out a statement that he recommended additional funding to the national broadcaster.
He said that the committee’s deputy chairperson and also MP for Kwania County investigated the general performance of UBC but it was not so good despite it having access to different airwaves that no other Ugandan station has.
He also went ahead and shed light on critical challenges confronting it and also find interventions to enhance the corporation’s effectiveness and relevance within Uganda’s media landscape.
“Over the years, UBC has experienced challenges in sustaining operations, and in the face of competition almost lost its status of a leading broadcaster for Uganda, which has occasioned realisation of low revenue insufficient to support its capacity of operation,” Ayoo said.
UBC broadcasts in 49 languages and has 11 radio stations and 4 TV stations.
Some of the radio stations are not breaking even but we must disseminate information and maintain them – @KabbyangaB (State Minister, @MoICT_Ug)
#UBCUpdates pic.twitter.com/xD708geY3G— UBC UGANDA (@ubctvuganda) March 5, 2024
