Vision Group – New Vision / Bukedde / WBS TV / Record FM
Source Passport
UG-M-00005-9
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited
- Country
- Uganda
- Type
- Multi-platform group
- Founded
- 1986
- Editor-in-chief
- Not disclosed
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 17 January 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Limited
3 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- State-controlled (majority stake)
- People behind the owning companies not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- Vision Group
- New Vision
- Saturday Vision
- Sunday Vision
- Bukedde
- Bukedde Lwamukaaga
- Bukedde Ku Ssande
- Rupiny
- Etop
- Kampala Sun
- XFM
- Bukedde FM
- Radio West
- Radio Rupiny
- Etop Radio
- Arua One FM
- Bukedde TV
- TV West
- Urban TV
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
3 sources
- africanfinancials.com, company page New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Ltd (NVL.ug), read 2026-10-19 (full name "New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited (NVPPCL)"; USE ticker NVL)
- Uganda Securities Exchange, listed company page for New Vision Printing and Publishing Company, read 2026-10-19 (page header "Market Status OPEN Monday 1 September 2025"; listed Nov 2004; 76,500,000 shares after 2008 rights issue; "The majority shareholder is Government of Uganda with a shareholding of 53.3%", public 46.7%; began operations 1986, incorporated 1987 under Statute Number 8 of Parliament, public limited company since 2002; flagship site www.newvision.co.ug)
- africanfinancials.com (listing of the company's 2023 Annual Report, published 13 Oct 2023), read 2026-10-19 (brands: The New Vision, Saturday Vision, Sunday Vision, Rupiny, Etop, Bukedde, Kampala Sun, Bride & Groom, Flair for Her; radio XFM, Bukedde FM, Radio West, Radio Rupiny, Etop Radio, Arua One FM; TV Bukedde TV, TV West, Urban TV)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Share % Holding Owner type Government of Uganda 53.30% Direct State or public body Public shareholders on the Uganda Securities Exchange (ticker NVL) 46.70% Direct Other - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Majority stake
- Parent group
- Not disclosed
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts Verified
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/newvisionuganda X x.com/NewVisionUganda
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Channels) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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