A senior Ugandan official on Wednesday defended the internet shutdown implemented ahead of elections, saying it was necessary to prevent “riots and misinformation.”
The East African country goes to the polls on Thursday in a vote that President Yoweri Museveni will seek re-election.
The authorities shut off access to the internet on Tuesday, citing violence fears.
Presidential adviser, Hajat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye, defended the move, saying: “Internet creates wars, riots, misinformation. They (authorities) had to shut down the internet because of the misinformation from different stakeholders,” she told AFP.
Exudes confidence that Museveni will win