MBABANE:Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has imposed a nationwide internet blackout days before presidential elections on Thursday in which the President is expected to prolong his forty(40) year rule.
Aljazeera reported that, a Government regulatory body instructed mobile network operators to block public internet access starting at 6pm (15:00 GMT) on Tuesday, internet monitor NetBlocks later confirmed a “nation-scale disruption to internet connectivity”.
The network outage has heightened concerns about repression in the run-up to the January 15 vote, in which 81-year-old Museveni, Africa’s third-longest-serving leader, is being challenged by pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni imposes internet shutdown ahead of elections (pic:Getty Images).