Information Minister and government spokesperson, Judith Nabakooba has said she has scheduled a meeting with Uganda Communication Commission to discuss the proposed regulations of Social Media users and Bloggers.
Last week, UCC directed that entities currently offering or planning to commence the provision of online data communication and broadcasting services should officially register with it by October 5, 2020.
The move has however received widespread condemnation by members of the public.
However, Nabakooba told journalists on Sunday that her ministry is set to meet with UCC officials over the same.
“We are going to meet and discuss further. If there is need to first sensitize people, UCC will then go ahead and sensitize them to have them understand why they have to be regulated,” Nabakooba said.
Several members of the public have said the directive is aimed at gagging and censoring several media outlets and bloggers who offer communication services via the internet, mostly social media.
The State Minister for ICT, Peter Ogwang also confirmed the meeting set for Tuesday.
“We shall have a formal engagement with UCC on Tuesday and on Wednesday we shall issue a detailed statement about the same,” Ogwang told journalists at the NRM headquarters in Kyadondo.
She also used the presser to condemn the failure to respect the standard operation procedures of COVID-19 in the just concluded in NRM primaries.
