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A nationwide internet blackout ahead of elections in Uganda has been partially lifted.
Social media platforms are still blocked, and can only be accessed using virtual private networks, which bypass the restrictions.
Now that President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner, it remains unclear how long the ban will continue.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from the capital, Kampala.
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Congratulations the new elected President of Uganda Kyagulanyi ssentamu
Get your facts straight social media is on
Can you access it without vpn. I paid ott and only google was working. I could not access social media.
Shutting off the internet is that not a violation of freedom.
What was museveni afraid of?
That’s typical characteristics of dictators who are cowards.
Why do you give that idiot time to speak for Uganda
Are they repeat to vote?
Free bobi wine
If museveni won the election why arresting Bobi wine
Because he is scared of bobi wine
He didn’t win at all
That definitely shows m7 lost the election
@Aljezeera. That’s not good journalism. The political analyst you used is part of works for foe the dictator. Google his name first before you interview to get an unbiased assessment.
Yes I absolutely agree @ Al Jazeera, I usually admire your fair reporting. This report was totally biased towards the dictatorship. Also why do you repeatedly hist Andrew Mwenda, he is well known by all Ugandans to be a NRM supporter and nobody gives him any credibility.
Agree!!!
Good .they shut down social media 👍
What’s your point?
Any wonder Amin got rid of the Asians.
Ugandans voted Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert not museven,we need change
stupid politic of 19 century. We live in a world characterized by civil freedom.
Congratulations our president bobi wine
The dictator continues to illegally detain the elected president Bobi wine
¢σηgяαтυℓαтισηѕ єℓє¢тє∂ ρяєѕι∂єηт куαgυℓαηуι ѕѕєтαмυ
Mwenda is M7,s brother what could he say
Exactly,why is he always available for comment?
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF UGANDA KYAGULANYI SSENTAMU ROBERT (Bobi Wine)
More fair and honest than the American elections
We shall call all of you out by names…..Mwenda shame on you for covering all this nonsense up..as your own kids sit in cities like Berlin….you watch and pride in Ugandan youth being robbed of Vision. SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU
Tire of rule by the gun by M7 and his family
Andrew Mwenda is an idiot! An incredible fool.
Andrew Mwe da your days are numbered, you rigged the elections we demand our victory for our newly elected president kyagulanyi Sentamu Robert Bobi wine
There are..just like the late Mugabe, M’sia’s Mahathir & Sissi of Egypt that cling to power thru exploits…& so does this guy in Uganda
Yes but his days are numbered.
No Body Voted you m7 Cong Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu
Nothing dodgy about that 🧐
Kyagulanye Sentamu Robert is our president.
WE VOTED KYAGULANYI SSENTAMU ROBERT NOT DICTATOR M7 CONGRATULATIONS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF UGANDA BOBILICALLY SSENTAMUCALLY KYAGULANYICALLY ROBERTICALLY
That’s a good one!😁
Fake News. Internet is fully Restored. All you wanted was chaos, mayhem and destruction..there you make news. Now you have nothing to feed on. You are desperate for anything..even lies that Social media is off.
So much for colonists and slave traders of Modern times.
You guys of al jazeera should concentrate on your matters don”t poke your nose everywhere
Truth is bitter 🤣 anyway just create ur own page also and make orders
i wish aljazeera would broadcast the videos on facebook showing the ballot stuffing
Puppet Andrew Mwenda, you’re full of BS!
Congratulations to the President-elect, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi!!🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
Museven rigged votes
Security forces killed people
Mwenda you privileged piece of…….
Congratulations H.E kyagulanyi Robert
Amen!
God is watching
Am a kenyan but I really pray for justice to the Ugandan people
Congratulations Bobi wine for wining election
We DEMAND our VICTORY and FREEDOM of our president KYAGULANYI SENTAMU ROBERT
We need freedom ,museven rigged votes,BUT we gonna fight and claim our victory# free our newly elected President BOBI WINE and NUP comrades museven # you must go by hook or crook !!!!! ,museven watch out .
MWENDA the STRUGGLE IS NOT YET OVER
Free our country Uganda
Dictator Museven ordered sfc, military and other dangerous group to kill bobi wine at 1:00Am.GOD protect my country UGANDA
Dictator Museven ordered sfc, military force, and other groups to kill bobi wine at 1:00am
It won’t happen. He and his family covered with blood of Jesus. No weapon formed against him and NUP team and supporters will prosper. In Jesus name! Amen!
@Charlotte Kakooza Amen
Al jazeera please don’t show us Andrew mwenda as one of the political analysts in Uganda
We need freedom
M7 is the most selfish creature ever lived
Nobody voted museveni and he also knows that
That’s stupid Andrew Mwenda is a Museveni man speaking rubbish
We voted kyagulanyi nt museveni…… Free bobi wine
Look at this useful idiot Andrew Mwenda, they are the same people murdering our people….. The whole country is in pain because of those idiots 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Congratulations H.E Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu A.K BOBI WINE
Uganda regime plus Andrew Mwenda all bunch of idiots. But what you expect from a barbaic dictator regime that denies people legal rights and food. It’s a failed state full of joker govt with no guts of intergrity. But there day will come.
BREAKING NEWS MUSEVEN HE WANT TO KILL BOBI WINE TODAY AT 7
IF HE KILL BOBI WINE, HE HIMSELF WILL DIE THAT VERY DAY
They’re playing the same game in America 🇺🇸
But this election was really stolen
Why does Al Jzeera love that guy Andrew Mwenda? He’s one of them! He’s nrm guy who doesn’t care about the people stop giving that guys opinions he’s sooo fake and evil
Uganda looks like kenya in 2015.its way behind kenya in terms of development
Lol. Plz leave us alone. We take our time😅
@Nabimanya Kevin haha
@jamal khedira Kenya’s GDP is bigger than ours otherwise most things are the same, corrupt leaders, boda bodas, jumia, Chinese loans bla bla
@Nabimanya Kevin thugs and corrupt ones lead us all..very soon,they will fall..and we sha replace them with neew fresh leaders.
Freedom to Ugandans please….M7 your dictatorial regime is over
Please ugandan beware and others country to the killing kyagulanyi sentamu at seven PM said museveni that bobiwine was escape jumping the fence solder shoot him down that’s there planning to kill kyagulanyi sentamu if not to day others day take message serious please
The problem is the ilitrate leaders they are bush men i don’t think they know anything about Internet they think bush and walk bush.
Museveni cheated
We need change Museven must Go 😭
Andrew Mwenda is the ruling party powerbroker and spokesperson NOT a political analyst. Al jazeera can surely do better than this laziness.
Exactly. Why are they giving voice to this partisan coward?
Shutting down internet was for hiding evidence of what is happening in the country,As well as to block the UVOTE which was meant to collect results for the bobi wine camp for evidence of rigging because we knew the regime has been rigging election for 25yrs.Andrew Mwenda is one of those propagandist of the state who have benefited from the corruption they careless about the internet shutdown as long as it helps them promote reverse censorship and propaganda for the population to forget the rigged election and continue with the repression,Museveni has ruled uganda by the iron fist,he cannot accept to be voted out he will put those incharge on gun point to announce him as winner and not show anything about his opponent winning in any district on tv.
The United States may shut down internet on the 20th
M7 is A notorious vote-rigger. His Ministers were booted out, but he still claims he won the elections! Losing 25 ministers is proof that
Kenya unganda it’s just the same no justice at all only God can save us
Oh lord my mother land is already bought by one man and his family members and friends 😭😭😭restoring their future Ugandans to suffer from foreign places😢😢😢no respect u get since most ov the people Wana here u speaking their languages … hospitals some feel so bad wen u go there yet our country is NYC but u can’t leave in such situation😭😭😭
Bobi you will be remembered in the history of E . Africa.museveni is just selling us abroad for money ,come and see our airport and the neighbouring airports really museveni rest you are tired just leave in peace
This Andrew mwenda is a cousin to the wife of museveni
Aljazeera do your own work please
I lived in Kampala for many years when I was young! It has the most amazing whether and biggest trees you can find in a city. Long live Uganda
THIS ZOMBIE OF A PRESIDENT FEAR THAT SOCIAL MEDIA WILL EXPOSE HIS WIDE SPREAD IRREGULARITIES.
Internet most important thing in the world
Security forces took over the voting instead of the people
Holy moly. If they did that in the EU there would suddenly BE riots lol.
This old man needs to go and rest now he has ruled for over 35 yrs and hasn’t brought any good ..dictator 💔
Aljazeera we know your mission. We ask the Uganda government to kick out this network.
Museveni: ‘how dare this mortal challenge my monopoly’.
Yes we are suffering here in Uganda because of this situation
Andrew Mwenda, please stop your ignorance and nonsense. Do you realize that internet shut down cost billions of dollars in lost revenue to eCommerce companies??Let alone Innocent Ugandan Citizens like Boda Bodas trying to fend for their families.
i just dont know why aljazera likes hearing from mwenda hes the most irrelevant ugandan now .
Those are tactics of dictators of all over African countries
This Mwenda guy is an imbecile, opportunist, I don’t know which school he attended
Andrew Mwenda is not a political analyst, he’s a bootlicking partisan hack and should not be given this platform. What a joke. A “small price to pay” … it is a large price, much too large for Ugandans to tolerate, especially in this year of lockdowns and Covid.
For how long africa will fight for freedom
So sad mehh……
Silent genocide was taking place that’s why the internet was shut down
5 more years of corruption and death
This is good! there are lot of false information in the internet, just as it happened in America! This is a good thing
Museveni must g0
The dude took power by the gun and he doesn’t want to go. His plan is to handover the country to his son, who is a General and believe me, his son will rule Uganda for another 50 years, and handover to the next, who will be the grandchild of Museveni. Ugandans, we feel sorry for you.
This Andrew Mwenda is part of the dictator’s thugs
I feel bad 🙁 for them i can bearly imagine a day with out internet