The National Broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) is negotiating with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to broadcast African Cup of Nations (AFCON) on credit.
UBC broadcast AFCON 2019 for three days and stopped for failure to clear Euros 350,000 to purchase rights to broadcast the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
This has come at a time when Uganda Cranes is eager to play against the Warriors of Zimbabwe for their second group A game of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Cranes opened their campaign win with an emphatic 2-0 win over DR Congo at the Cairo International Stadium over the weekend and come into the next match looking good to make it two out of two.
Last week, parliament revealed that Ugandans will watch AFCON that kicked off on Friday, 21 June 2019 live from Egypt for free following after it directed government to money for national broadcaster to purchase rights to air all the games.
The revelation was made after UBC had petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, requesting for funds to pay for the rights to air the games. Kadaga said the national broadcaster was desperate to broadcast the games live due to their big viewership.
The Minister of ICT was directed by Parliament to process a request to fund the games and update the House on the progress.
The state broadcaster says that the matter would be resolved soon.
