Also known as: NMG · Nation Media Group Uganda · NMG PLC
East African media group operating television, radio, print and digital platforms across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
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NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 16- Nation Media Group has unveiled a major regional editorial reshuffle, with Joe Ageyo moving to Uganda as Editor-in-Chief, Washington Gikunju appointed Acting Managing Editor in Uganda, and James Smart taking charge of broadcast and new media in Tanzania in …
NMG announces top editorial changes as Ageyo moves to Uganda, Misiko takes Kenya roleThe Standard
… The company was born from Okottah's experience as a web developer at Nation Media Group, where an edition of a newspaper was published with the previous day's date still appearing on the masthead. …
How newsroom error birthed global AI platformCapital News
… MCK also raised concern over what it described as the recent trolling and profiling of editors from different media houses on social media, citing cases involving editors at Nation Media Group. …
NPS launches probe to identify armed men behind abduction of Standard Group EditorCapital News
… The Council also raised concern over the recent trolling and profiling of editors from different media houses on social media, citing recent cases involving editors at Nation Media Group. …
MCK warns of impunity as it demands probe into abduction of Standard Group EditorThe Standard
… e defence of independent journalism and access to information in Kenya is lack of investigations and prosecution of related violations.”MCK also condemned the recent trolling and profiling of journalists with the recent cases being of several top editors at the Nation Media Group …
MCK wants abduction of Standard Group editor Alex Kiprotich investigatedCapital News
… On August 12, Nation Media Group photojournalist Karim Rajan was injured near the Mombasa County Assembly while covering a group of youth and human rights representatives when unidentified individuals allegedly moved to disperse them. …
18 Journalists, Two Drivers Attacked in Two Months, MCK SaysCapital News
KAMPALA, Uganda Jul 28 – Nation Media Group Uganda (NMG Uganda) has announced it will resume operations after receiving authorization from President Yoweri Museveni’s government, bringing to an end a period of disruption that affected its television, radio, print and digital plat …
Nation Media Group Uganda to Resume Operations After Museveni AuthorizationCitizen Digital
NMG Uganda resumes operations after month-long shutdown By Brian Kimani July 28, 2026 05:27 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter The Nation Media Group (NMG) offices in Nairobi. …
NMG Uganda resumes operations after month-long shutdownThe Standard
… Some of those attacked were Enos Teche, a photojournalist with The Star, George Kieru, an NTV cameraman who was beaten and robbed of his camera equipment, and Brygettes Ngana of the Nation Media, who was physically assaulted by armed, masked men. …
Police reforms working group: DCI must unmask Ol-Kalou goonsCapital News
… Nation Media Group (NMG) journalist Brygettes Ngana and her cameraperson were also reportedly assaulted, with their camera and mobile phone allegedly seized at gunpoint. …
‘Niko Kadi’ mobiliser Allan Ademba to be arraigned after Ol Kalou ArrestNation Media Group has announced a major regional editorial reshuffle, with Joe Ageyo moving to Uganda as Editor-in-Chief, Harry Misiko taking the Kenya role, and James Smart heading broadcast and new media in Tanzania, effective immediately.
16 September 2026 · Capital News →
Nation Media Group has announced a major regional editorial reshuffle, with Joe Ageyo moving to Uganda as Editor-in-Chief, Harry Misiko taking the Kenya role, and James Smart heading broadcast and new media in Tanzania, effective immediately.
16 September 2026 · Capital News →
Brand AI, a Nairobi-based artificial intelligence platform founded by Santos Okottah, serves more than 38,000 businesses in over 100 countries and has launched a major update to expand beyond design into broader brand management. The company was founded after Okottah witnessed a newsroom branding error at Nation Media Group and now operates as a seven-member team from Nairobi, with the United States as its largest market.
10 September 2026 · The Standard →
Kenya's National Police Service has launched investigations into the abduction of Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich, who was found safe near Masinga Dam early Wednesday after spending about nine hours with alleged abductors on the Gilgil-Nakuru Road. The Anti-Abduction Unit is investigating the identities of the heavily armed men involved and has vowed to bring those responsible to justice.
2 September 2026 · Capital News →
The Media Council of Kenya has demanded immediate, thorough, and transparent investigations into the abduction of Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich, saying failure to prosecute attacks against journalists fuels impunity. The Council expressed particular concern that Kiprotich had previously been subjected to a similar ordeal in Nakuru County with no arrests made, and noted it has documented several press freedom violations without successful prosecutions.
2 September 2026 · Capital News →
The Media Council of Kenya has urged police Inspector General Douglas Kanja to investigate the abduction of Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich along the Gilgil-Nakuru Road in Nakuru County, and his subsequent dumping near Masinga dam in Machakos County. MCK noted this was the second time Kiprotich had experienced such an ordeal and stated that previous cases of press freedom violations forwarded to the IG remain uninvestigated.
2 September 2026 · The Standard →
The Media Council of Kenya says at least 18 journalists and two drivers from different media houses have been assaulted and injured over the past two months, citing physical assaults, equipment destruction, and online harassment by security agents, goons, and political party supporters. The council has called on the Director of Public Prosecutions and Inspector General of Police to investigate and prosecute those responsible, warning that the escalating attacks threaten media freedom and democracy ahead of the 2027 General Election.
17 August 2026 · Capital News →
Nation Media Group Uganda has announced it will resume operations after receiving authorization from President Yoweri Museveni's government, ending a period of disruption across its television, radio, print and digital platforms.
28 July 2026 · Capital News →
Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda announced the resumption of normal operations, a month after General Muhoozi Kainerugaba shut down the media house's offices. NMG's chairman stated the station would progressively restore services across television, print, radio and digital platforms.
28 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Police Reforms Working Group Kenya is calling on the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to identify and arrest goons who were captured intimidating voters during the Ol-Kalou by-election in Nyandarua County. The group alleges that armed, masked militia and plainclothes officers invaded polling centres, fired ammunition, deployed tear gas, and assaulted journalists and human rights observers.
22 July 2026 · The Standard →
Allan Ademba, a mobiliser for the Niko Kadi civic initiative, was arrested during the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election for filming without accreditation and is expected to be arraigned. The by-election was marked by violence and assaults on journalists, including attacks on photojournalists from The Star and Nation Media Group.
17 July 2026 · Capital News →
Allan Ademba, a mobiliser for the Niko Kadi civic initiative, was arrested during the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election for filming without accreditation. The by-election saw multiple attacks on journalists, including assaults on photojournalist Enos Teche and NMG's Brygettes Ngana and her cameraperson.
17 July 2026 · Capital News →
The Media Council of Kenya condemned attacks on journalists covering the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, including assaults and confiscation of equipment by armed men, and accused security agencies of failing to protect media workers. MCK described the incidents as part of a deliberate pattern aimed at intimidating journalists and obstructing press freedom.
16 July 2026 · Capital News →
During coverage of the Ol Kalou by-election at AC Primary School Polling Station, a Nation Media Group reporter was threatened at gunpoint and her mobile phone confiscated, while a cameraman was tased, beaten, and his camera seized. NMG Board Chair Joe Muganda condemned the violent attack and called on the National Police Service to investigate and hold those responsible accountable.
16 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Nation Media Group has condemned the violent attack on its journalists covering the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, stating an NTV cameraman was tasered and beaten with his camera confiscated, and a Nation reporter was threatened at gunpoint and had her mobile phone taken. The media house characterized the assault as an attack on press freedom and the public's constitutional right to information.
16 July 2026 · The Standard →
The Media Council of Kenya, Kenya Editors Guild, and Kenya Union of Journalists have condemned assaults on journalists and confiscation of media equipment during the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, calling these incidents a grave attack on press freedom and calling for police action against those responsible.
16 July 2026 · The Standard →
The Kenya Media Sector Working Group has raised alarm over shrinking media space in East Africa, condemning rising attacks on journalists and media houses and calling on governments to respect press freedom. The outfit declared it will not sit back as the Fourth Estate is "being dismantled" in the region, citing military-backed closures and internet blackouts.
15 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Muliro Telewa, a veteran journalist and former BBC presenter, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Nakuru. The Kenya Editors Guild remembered him for his distinctive presentation style, editorial depth, and commitment to ethical journalism, noting he left an enduring mark on the African media landscape.
7 July 2026 · The Standard →
Uganda has dismissed former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's claim that President William Ruto was involved in the closure of Nation Media Group outlets in Uganda, including NTV Uganda and Daily Monitor. Uganda's Executive Secretary of the office of the National Chairman stated that Uganda's decisions are made according to its laws and Constitution, not through personal relationships.
2 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The International Commission of Jurists Kenya and regional civil society organisations have raised alarm over reported unlawful detentions and shutdown of licensed media operations in Uganda, calling on the government to disclose the legal basis and location of detainees and grant them access to lawyers and family. Among those reportedly detained is Miria Matembe, a senior legal practitioner and former minister of ethics and integrity.
2 July 2026 · The Standard →
Regional human rights organizations have condemned the Ugandan government's military-led shutdown of Nation Media Group outlets and detention of political activists, describing it as "executive overreach" and a threat to Uganda's rule of law and press freedom.
2 July 2026 · The Standard →
An opinion piece argues that Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba's tweets have moved from entertainment to serious diplomatic concern, with his posts now undermining regional relations and causing anxiety among embassies.
1 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Danish photojournalist Klaus Thymann was arrested in Uganda on Monday over alleged wildlife-related offences while meeting authorities over permits for environmental work in the Rwenzori Mountains, according to officials and local media. The arrest came days after Uganda's army chief ordered the shutdown of a leading independent media group.
1 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
US Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for a review of Washington's security relationship with Uganda, saying that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba's closure of media outlets makes him and the military unfit partners for the US. Risch was responding to the closure of NTV Uganda and Daily Monitor Newspaper, owned by Nation Media Group.
30 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Books and Newspapers Act (1960), Official Secrets Act (1968), and Penal Code provisions on sedition remain live instruments used to constrain Kenyan journalists and suppress reporting, according to this opinion piece. Recent examples include police shutdowns of broadcasters during June 2024 demonstrations and physical attacks on journalists covering protests.
30 June 2026 · The Standard →
US Senator Jim Risch called for a review of the US-Uganda security relationship following General Muhoozi Kainerugaba's closure of NTV Uganda and Daily Monitor, saying attacks on free speech raised concerns over Muhoozi's suitability to lead Uganda's military. Kenya Editors Guild and East African Press Councils condemned the move, with Kenya Editors Guild President Zubeidah Kananu stating that "a free press is indispensable to democracy" and must be protected.
30 June 2026 · The Standard →
The Milimani Commercial Magistrate's Court awarded Deputy Chief of Staff Josphat Nanok Ksh.2 million in damages after finding that Nation Media Group defamed him through an August 2020 Daily Nation article that falsely attributed support for a controversial revenue allocation formula to him, when he had actually opposed it.
29 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Milimani Commercial Magistrate's Court awarded Deputy Chief of Staff Josphat Nanok Ksh.2 million in damages, finding that Nation Media Group defamed him through an August 2020 Daily Nation article that falsely attributed support for a proposed revenue allocation formula to him.
29 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Kenya Editors' Guild has condemned Uganda's military shutdown of Nation Media Group outlets (NTV Uganda, Spark TV, and Daily Monitor) ordered by Chief of Defence Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba, calling it an unacceptable threat to media freedom and press independence that violates the right to access independent information.
29 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Uganda's military chief ordered the shutdown of NTV Uganda, the Daily Monitor, and other Nation Media Group outlets on June 28, 2026, with armed soldiers surrounding the offices in Kampala, in what is described as part of an escalating regional crackdown on independent media across East Africa.
29 June 2026 · The Standard →
Kenya's Editors Guild has condemned Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni's shutdown of Nation Media Group outlets, calling it a threat to press freedom and democratic accountability. The closure followed an order by Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces to shut two leading media outlets, Daily Monitor and NTV Uganda, allegedly linked to critical coverage of the country's leadership.
29 June 2026 · The Standard →