{"id":4595,"date":"2025-04-25T08:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T05:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2025-04-25T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T05:15:40","slug":"museveni-reiterates-commitment-to-protecting-telecom-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/museveni-reiterates-commitment-to-protecting-telecom-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Museveni Reiterates Commitment to Protecting Telecom Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kampala, Uganda<\/strong> &#8211; Uganda&#8217;s President Gen. Yoweri K Museveni has reaffirmed his commitment to designating telecom towers as critical national infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president was on Thursday, 24th April 2025, engaging officials from the Ministry of ICT &amp; National Guidance, together with Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at State House, Entebbe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting also attended by officials from American Tower Uganda (ATC Uganda) aimed at exploring venues for enhancing the security and reliability of Uganda\u2019s telecommunications infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Museveni confirmed that a strategic step is to curb vandalism and safeguard communication and service delivery across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussions also focused on the urgent need to extend electricity to remote tower sites, enabling consistent connectivity and advancing digital inclusion, especially in underserved communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative underscores the government&#8217;s efforts to promote digitalization, improve communication networks, and bridge the digital divide in Uganda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By prioritizing the security and reliability of telecom infrastructure, the government aims to foster economic growth, improve service delivery, and enhance the overall quality of life for Ugandans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kampala, Uganda &#8211; Uganda&#8217;s President Gen. Yoweri K Museveni has reaffirmed his commitment to designating telecom towers as critical national infrastructure. The president was on Thursday, 24th April 2025, engaging officials from the Ministry of ICT &amp; National Guidance, together with Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at State House, Entebbe. The meeting also attended by officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[223,224],"class_list":["post-4595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-moict","tag-ucc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}