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Nile Post

Ugandan privately owned, generally establishment-accommodating

Owned byOwned by Next Media Services Limited, a Ugandan media group whose CEO and owner is Kin Kariisa. The group also runs NBS TV, Sanyuka TV, Salam TV and Next Radio.
FundingMainly commercial: advertising, sponsored content, and digital marketing and production work through its parent company. I did not find audited figures or evidence of direct state funding.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Nile Post launched in October 2017 as a digital-only newsroom under the Next Media group. Kin Kariisa took full ownership of NBS Television in 2014 and added Sanyuka TV and Salam TV in 2016. In 2019 the group consolidated its brands under the name Next Media Services. Nile Post is the group's online news arm and works alongside NBS TV, which reported the largest national TV audience share in a 2024 survey (44 percent). Next Media has appointed Dalton Kaweesa as the site's general manager and chief news editor. Africa Check has debunked a fabricated quote falsely attributed to Nile Post, which suggests the outlet's name carries enough trust for impostors to use it. Uganda's media environment is under heavy pressure from the state: in 2025 and 2026, authorities restricted Nation Media Group outlets, and the army chief ordered the shutdown of NTV Uganda, Spark TV and the Daily Monitor. Nile Post has not been reported as a target of those actions, and it has published the government's statements on them, including President Museveni's remark that he ordered the shutdown himself. Observers generally see Next Media as less adversarial toward the government than Nation Media's outlets, though I found no formal assessment of Nile Post's editorial independence. Its perspective is best described as mainstream Ugandan, commercially driven and cautious toward those in power.

Sources

  1. NBS Television (Uganda) - Wikipedia
  2. Kin Kariisa - Wikipedia
  3. Next Media history
  4. Next Media Appoints Dalton Kaweesa as NilePost General Manager and Chief News Editor - SoftPower News
  5. No, Nile Post didn't quote Ugandan first lady and minister Janet Museveni dismissing teachers' demand for more pay - Africa Check
  6. Uganda's military chief orders shutdown of two media outlets - Al Jazeera
  7. Ugandan authorities ban Nation Media Group from parliamentary, presidential coverage - CPJ

Profile compiled 2026-10-21; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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