Uganda’s NTV and Daily Monitor said they were under ‘military siege’.

The newspaper and its colleagues were ordered to close down “in an action late on Sunday,” the Daily Monitor reported on the 20th.

He did not give a reason for the attack, however He reported the story on his website, External.

The staff reported that “no one was allowed to enter or leave the premises”, while viewers of NTV Uganda and Spark TV were met with blank screens showing the message “Video not available”.

In 2013, the Daily Monitor reported that it had been raided by the police for publishing letters linking senior government officials to the ‘Muhuzi Project’ series, while NTV was taken off the air in 2007 after the government accused it of negative reporting.

“Over the years, Museveni has repeatedly criticized the Daily Monitor, at one point in his critical journalism calling it an ‘enemy and an evil newspaper,'” the article said.

The Uganda National Association of Broadcasters said the program was unconstitutional and wanted an explanation from the government.

Defeated opposition presidential candidate Bobby Wine said exiled General Kainerugaba had “moved to suppress the remaining independent voices of Uganda”.

“This is the harsh reality we now face, a country under open military rule, where fear replaces law and force replaces accountability,” he posted on X.

In January’s high-profile controversy, General Kainerugaba sparked outrage and threatened to cut off Bobby’s vines in posts that have since been deleted.

Before the election, opposition demonstrations were disrupted, with security forces sometimes opening fire.

The United Nations said the election took place “in an environment of intense repression and intimidation of the political opposition.”

Election officials said the election was free and fair.