halved the fee for the two stations from Shs6 million to Shs3 million per year (US$1,500). It must be emphasised that this decision was not based on the law but on the Council’s discretion and can hardly serve as an indication of a conducive environment for community broadcasting to thrive. The NAB got involved on behalf of the two stations because licence fees for urban and rural stations are the same, meaning that the poorer operators in rural areas are generally disadvantaged. Without legislation governing community broadcasting, the status quo will remain and community stations will always have to defend their “community-ness”. Mama FM and Kagadi-Kibaale Community Radio are the only community radio stations that are truly run by communities. Anyone is free to walk in and share information on air about the community. For personal announcements, Kagadi charges the least of any radio station in Uganda – Shs1,000 (US$0.50) apiece. Other stations count words and each word is Shs50, meaning on average each personal announcement goes for Shs3,000. Community stations depend on donor funding. 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: 1.4 (2007: 1.0) Average score for sector 3: 1.6 (2007 : 1.9)* For 2009 the indicators were reviewed, amended and some new indicators such as those addressing Information Communication Technology (ICT) were added. Consequently, the comparison of some indicators of the 2005 and 2007 report is not applicable (n/a) in some instances in which the indicator is new or has been amended. Evidently, this has to be taken into account too, when the overall sector scores are compared. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER UGANDA 2010 55