STV Employees Stuck As SK Mbuga Announces Closure For Three Months
The latest news landing on our newsdesk indicates that City tycoon, Sulaiman Kabangala Mbuga aka SK Mbuga’s STV is on the verge of collapsing after he revealed that is closing for the next three months to revamp its studios for better services.
In a notice dated 21, March 2023 to the executive director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), SK Mbuga noted that the Tv station has stopped normal programming to embark on revamping the studios for better services.
According to sources, all employees were sent packing with no prior notice and some of the studio equipment has been transferred to his home.
“They just verbally told us to stop working. No official communication or letter. Our working conditions are not the best but we put in a shift. Now we are back to nothing,” Some of the affected staff who preferred anonymity said.
Prior to this development, STV has been dragged into the media by its employees after they worked for several months without pay and some shrewd staff made off with studio equipment.
In 2019, SK Mbuga invested heavily in STV and many believed it would be the next big thing.
Four years down the road, the TV station is still struggling to find its niche and capture the mass market.
It started off by recruiting the likes of Kazibwe Bashir, Tamale Mirundi, Full Figure, and Robin Kisti among many others. There were once plans of turning it into a sports channel but had become big on entertainment.
