Government suits nuked the web to stop shitposting, allegedly. Nyombi Thembo from the Uganda Communications Commission argues killing the connection was an absolute necessity to block fraud and maintain order during the 2026 elections. This Kampala boss insists the Inter-Agency Security Committee demanded the blackout to halt misinformation.
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the dude everyone calls Bobi Wine, laughs at that excuse. The National Unity Platform head claims the outage was a smokescreen to hide rigging and abuse from security squads while people voted blind. He tossed the results in the trash, saying President Yoweri Museveni stole the win.
Attorneys are raging over the legality here. Anthony Asiimwe of the Uganda Law Society trashed the shutdown as unconstitutional because nobody declared a state of emergency. He points out that Section 87 of the UCC Act demands specific triggers that never happened, meaning the order crushed information rights.
Normal citizens suffered when commerce and clinics lost signal. Although general sites are back up, Nyombi stated that social media and messaging apps remain jailed to stop trouble. Locals are basically just utilizing Virtual Private Networks to dodge the wall while the agency monitors everything.
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the dude everyone calls Bobi Wine, laughs at that excuse. The National Unity Platform head claims the outage was a smokescreen to hide rigging and abuse from security squads while people voted blind. He tossed the results in the trash, saying President Yoweri Museveni stole the win.
Attorneys are raging over the legality here. Anthony Asiimwe of the Uganda Law Society trashed the shutdown as unconstitutional because nobody declared a state of emergency. He points out that Section 87 of the UCC Act demands specific triggers that never happened, meaning the order crushed information rights.
Normal citizens suffered when commerce and clinics lost signal. Although general sites are back up, Nyombi stated that social media and messaging apps remain jailed to stop trouble. Locals are basically just utilizing Virtual Private Networks to dodge the wall while the agency monitors everything.
