When the Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine got arrested at Mulago roundabout and eventually detained on Monday, protests broke out in several parts of the city including Kalerwe, Kisekka Market, Kamwokya among others. 

According to UCC, there was misrepresentation of of information, views, facts and events in a manner likely to mislead or cause alarm to the public during the live broadcasts and main news bulletins. UCC also accuses NBS of holding extremist or anarchic messages which incited violence for political purposes.

Live broadcasts especially of protests have lately become a contentious issue between the regulator and TV stations in the country. Although the stations defiantly still go ahead to broadcast the protests, it doesn’t take long before the stations are called by UCC to immediately stop the broadcasting. 

On Easter Monday when NBS was airing live the confrontation between police and Bobi Wine supporters at his One Love Beach in Busabala, a phone call from UCC ordered the station to immediately stop the broadcasts.

Within minutes, the station switched to airing a repeated wedding programme. On Monday when Bobi Wine got arrested and protests broke out, there was hardly any live broadcasts by the station in what appeared to be a self censorship move.Â