Digital War: UBC sues UCC over breach of contract

ANTHONY WESAKA

State broadcaster Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) has sued the regulator of the communications sector, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), for allegedly dishonoring the contract they had earlier signed, making the former the sole signal provider as the country migrates to digital broadcasting from analogue.

In a suit filed on October 4 before the High Court, the state broadcaster accuses UCC of terminating a memorandum of understanding signed this year on May 29 bybringing on board new service providers.

The case file has been allocated to Justice Vincent Zehurikize who is yet to set the date for the hearing.

Source: UBC (11/10/2012): http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/UBC+sues+UCC+over+breach+of+contract/-/688334/1530462/-/hhne0iz/-/index.html