Tech bros promised the future but delivered a bricked mess during voting. The Uganda Human Rights Commission is roasting the Electoral Commission because those fancy Biometric Voter Verification Kits flopped hard. Mariam Wangadya wants the organizers to actually stress-test their gear and train staff before running this simulation again. The machines were supposed to stop cheating, but they choked everywhere, causing Justice Simon Byabakama to revert to paper lists.
It gets worse since the Uganda Communications Commission killed the web right before the main event. They claimed the blackout was to stop fake news, but the watchdog noticed it mostly just wrecked mobile money access for rural residents. Wangadya pointed out that blocking the net hurts regular citizens trying to transact more than it stops bad actors.
When the tablets died, poll workers had to verify people manually, which slowed everything down. Officials added an extra hour to let people cast ballots, but the glitch caused major headaches. The watchdog insists that future budgets need cash locked away specifically for teaching voters so they aren't confused when systems crash.
Despite the chaos, Yoweri Museveni crushed the competition with 7,944,772 votes to secure the bag. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, that guy everyone calls Bobi Wine, trailed way behind with only 2,741,238 supporters showing up for the National Unity Platform. The opposition leader took home less than a quarter of the total count while the incumbent walked away with a massive landslide victory.
It gets worse since the Uganda Communications Commission killed the web right before the main event. They claimed the blackout was to stop fake news, but the watchdog noticed it mostly just wrecked mobile money access for rural residents. Wangadya pointed out that blocking the net hurts regular citizens trying to transact more than it stops bad actors.
When the tablets died, poll workers had to verify people manually, which slowed everything down. Officials added an extra hour to let people cast ballots, but the glitch caused major headaches. The watchdog insists that future budgets need cash locked away specifically for teaching voters so they aren't confused when systems crash.
Despite the chaos, Yoweri Museveni crushed the competition with 7,944,772 votes to secure the bag. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, that guy everyone calls Bobi Wine, trailed way behind with only 2,741,238 supporters showing up for the National Unity Platform. The opposition leader took home less than a quarter of the total count while the incumbent walked away with a massive landslide victory.
