The Whistleblowers Protection Act exists, but it is underfunded and ignored. Powerful bosses still use paperwork and technicalities to ruin anyone who disrupts their "eating" chain. When a whistleblower is blacklisted, then a headline about UGX 41 billion recovery won't make sense since it will not pay their rent or protect their family from the thieves who have been exposed.
Madanda also strongly condemned the military closure of Nation Media Group (NMG) outlets, including NTV Uganda, Spark TV, Daily Monitor, The EastAfrican, KFM, Dembe FM, Ennyanda and Nation Courier, describing the move as "a military coup against the free press."