By Max Patrick Ocaido
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow progress of Parliament’s move to acquire its own radio station.
For over a year, Parliament has struggled to acquire a frequency for their radio station despite installation of all the equipment. The parliamentary commission even started the process of recruiting staff to run the radio but this stalled last year before the final round of interviews after Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) declined to grant the radio frequency.
“We have been having lots of trouble getting frequency from minister of Information and UCC. Many frequencies have been given out and some of them are idle, but I hope they can get us one of those frequencies that are not being used,” Kadaga said.
She said parliament has been tossed up and down by the Ministry of ICT and UCC. “UCC had given us the frequency but UBC said they are still using it. Now that two of my members [Ministers Nabakooba and Ogwang] have moved to ICT ministry, I hope they will work on it,” she noted.
President Yoweri Museveni last week reshuffled his cabinet and named former Police Spokesperson and now Mityana Woman MP, Judith Nabakooba as ICT minister replacing Frank Tumwebaze who has been transferred to Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development.
Peter Ogwang (Usuk County MP) was named State minister for ICT taking over from Idah Nantaba who was dropped from cabinet.
