SECTOR 2

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

3.2 (2010: 2.3; 2007: 2.6)

2.2 Citizens’ access to domestic and international media sources is not restricted by state authorities.
Panellists said there are no restrictions on international media being brought into
Uganda.10

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

4.5 (2010: 4.3; 2007: 4.0)

2.3 Efforts are undertaken to increase the scope of circulation of the print media, particularly to rural communities.
The Daily Monitor was re-designed in 2011 with a view to giving more space to
stories from more rural parts of the country, thus making the newspaper more
attractive to readers from these areas. “We have reporters in up-country11 places
10 It should be noted that the 2010 AMB report said that: “Sections 33 to 38 of the Penal Code ... empowers the
minister responsible for information to stop any international publication from entering the country and allow the
authorities to confiscate such material.”
11 The term ‘upcountry’ is largely used for those areas of the country that are outside of Kampala.

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