[1] The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act stated that the UBC should be funded by the levying of a television licence fee.

He was fired along with all of the governing board for "massive corruption" involving unpaid salaries, the sale of land owned by the corporation, and advertisements sold during the 2010 World Cup.

[1] The broadcast studios and main offices of UBC are located at plot 17–19 Nile Avenue, Nakasero Hill, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

[5] Bob Astles was appointed head of the outside broadcast unit in 1963,[6] a position he held until 1971 when Idi Amin took over the government.

Network head Aggrey Awori was beaten up and fled to Kenya, his deputee James Bwogi took his place.

He demanded to reform the broadcaster with the aim of introducing current affairs programmes reflective of his plan to make UTV a medium of discussion.

[10] When he assumed office in 2016, Frank Tumwebaze, the Information and ICT Minister, established an ad-hoc committee to look into the affairs of the broadcaster.

The ad-hoc committee found that UBC was in debt and had too many employees, whom it paid poorly and utilized them sub-optimally, among other infractions.

[11] In October 2018, the company hired Maurice Mugisha, formerly "Head of News Production" at NTV Uganda, to serve as its new Deputy Managing Director.