Uganda Election : Internet Cut on eve of tense election

[arista]

Younger Bobi Wine takes on President Yoweri Museveni
Election Tomorrow.

Report On Ch4HDnews
showed Wine with Body armour on
he was visiting a Funeral of a Supporter of him was
Shot Dead.



ABC news:
[KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan authorities appeared
to cut off internet access in the country
Wednesday night on the eve of a tense
presidential election, while a lawyer for
leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine
said all contact had been lost with him.
“Confirmed: Uganda is now in the midst
of a nation-scale internet blackout,”
watchdog NetBlocks said in a statement
saying connectivity levels had dropped
to 33% of usual levels. Ugandans using
leading internet service providers MTN
and Airtel said they could no longer get online.

The U.S.-based counsel for Wine, Bruce Afran,
told reporters that the candidate “is now
in his compound with his wife and a
single staff member who is unarmed
and is not security personnel ... Security
and police
are stationed outside his home
and effectively encircled it.”]


https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-observe-ugandas-election-accreditations-denied-75216727


Sign of the Times

[Beso]

Bobi Wine sounds like something michael Jackson would say.

[Alf]

Bobi Wine sounds like something michael Jackson would say.Or a Michael Jackson duet with UB40.

[arista]

Bobi Wine sounds like something michael Jackson would say.


Yes he was a Singer /Performer
but now could win,
but the Current power (Corrupt Military)
will not let him take over

[Ammi]

Ugandans go to the polls on Thursday after one of the most keenly-watched and violent election campaigns in a generation, as the pop star politician Bobi Wine tries to unseat Yoweri Museveni from his 34-year rule.

Wine is one of nine opposition challengers, and has won the support of many young people in Uganda – where the median age is 15.7 – with his charismatic, anti-corruption message.

Many observers see the challenge to Museveni, who at 76 is twice as old as his challenger, as emblematic of a continent-wide generational struggle between ageing leaders who refuse to relinquish power and younger voters mobilising against them.

Violent suppression of Wine’s supporters by security forces points to Museveni’s concern over the threat Wine poses to a sixth term in power, which was only made possible when MPs changed the constitution to remove age limits. He has repeatedly accused Wine of being a “traitor” planning a foreign-backed insurrection.


...full article...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jan/14/uganda-polls-election-campaign-violence-museveni-wine


..it’s reported that more than 55 people dead ...(...presumably since the start of the election campaigns...)...but I’m thinking that it could be a lot more and cutting the Internet prevents k owing these things truthfully...?...

[arista]

From Ch4HDnews
says the Government will not put the Internet back on.


The 76-year-old leader is Corrupt as Hell

[arista]

Electoral Commission tally centre results
show Museveni in early lead


https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-55656720

[GoldHeart]

That singer candidate has no chance, they're scared of someone fresh and new.

They'd rather stick with an old deraged idiot . Did anyone see the C4 interview?? . He was incoherent and ridiculous the things he was saying :facepalm: .

[arista]

That singer candidate has no chance, they're scared of someone fresh and new.

They'd rather stick with an old deraged idiot . Did anyone see the C4 interview?? . He was incoherent and ridiculous the things he was saying :facepalm: .


Yes it was Ch4HDnews
that inspired this thread.


Bobbi Wine thinks he has Won
but can not prove it.

[Cherie]

Electoral Commission tally centre results
show Museveni in early lead


https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-55656720

No way ..what a surprise

[Mystic Mock]

Who's trying to steal the Election?:fist:

[arista]

Ch4HDnews said the Final result will be this weekend.

[arista]

The Result is in
the Current Leader has won with around 58% of the votes.


https://news.sky.com/story/uganda-presidential-election-incumbent-yoweri-museveni-declared-winner-12189416

[arista]

Ch4HDnews reports Bobbi Wine is under House Arrest
he can not leave his home,
The Army is stopping him.

The Internet is still not on ?



The Corrupt Leader Museveni
has total control.
No one is causing trouble
as they could be shot dead.

[bots]

there is a reason the average population age is so young, and its not natural causes