In a June 29 post on X, Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda said discussions were underway to reopen the country's two leading independent media outlets, the Daily Monitor and NTV Uganda, amid mounting domestic and international pressure. The remarks came after army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son, ordered the shutdown of the outlets, both owned by Kenya's Nation Media Group, without providing a specific reason beyond that he did "not believe in a free press."