Ugandan regulator shuts down 23 radios for ‘promoting witchcraft’

A radio studio. Ugandan regulator UCC shuts down 23 radios for ‘promoting witchcraft’. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Uganda’s communications regulator, UCC, has ordered nearly two dozen radio stations to be taken off the air over what it calls “lack of minimum broadcasting standards.”

The directive to shut down 23 stations has sent shockwaves in the broadcast industry.