Mulindwa, These are unregistered one man loud speaker operated so called radio only generating noise pollution for residents.
They have got nothing to do with free speech. Your heading is alarming all for nothing. LM --- Mulindwa Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Police raid Kireka 'radios' > By Allan Kamagara > The Uganda Broadcasting Council and Police yesterday > raided community 'radio stations' in Kampala and > confiscated their equipment. > The owners and operators of the makeshift stations > also were bundled onto police patrol pick-up trucks > and thrown into Central Police Station cells. > The crack down follows an outcry from the public > that the radios, using public address systems, are > an inconvenience. > This week the council issued announcements barring > the broadcasts. > Some of the closed radios are Voice of Bweyogerere, > Voice of Kireka and Radio Kitintale, which is owned > by Charles Serwada, a shopkeeper. > Residents served by these radios converged as cops > moved the radio equipment from ramshackle houses in > Kireka and Bweyogerere. They were evidently not > happy. > "They can take the equipment, or negotiate for > licenses, but they shouldn't bundle the owners to > police," one woman who only identified herself as > Hajati said in Kireka. > The radios have been airing death announcements and > entertainment news for a fee ranging from Shs 300 to > 1,000. > Other such stations were closed in Gayaza and > Kalerwe markets. > Most of these stations are local council initiatives > and some even were housed in LC offices. > Others are marketing agents or affiliates for the > newly opened Radio Two (Akaboozi Ku Biri) > They solicit adverts and announcements for the > station. > They also relay programmes from the station. > The Broadcasting Council demands that these > community stations seek licenses according to the > laid down criteria. > Radio stations pay Shs 5m a month for a license to > broadcast. > > > November 21, 2002 23:19:43 > > > > > > The Mulindwas communication group > "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
