PHOTOS: Pictures show the situation around some of the entrances to the headquarters of the Daily Monitor newspaper in Kampala during a military siege on June 28, 2026.
The third [file] image shows the reception area at the publication's headquarters in Namuwongo.
Following an order by military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Daily Monitor and its sister outlets under Nation Media Group (NMG), including NTV, Spark TV, KFM, Dembe FM, and The East African, among othersโwere ordered shut down in a crackdown during the wee hours of Sunday, as tensions escalated around Uganda's most influential media house.
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