{"id":2691,"date":"2026-01-04T12:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/2691\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:32:12","slug":"ucc-warns-against-fake-notice-of-internet-shutdown-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/2691\/","title":{"rendered":"UCC warns against fake notice of internet shutdown in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has denied releasing a notice about the suspension of the internet on 8th January 2026, ahead of the general elections.<\/p>\n<p>A notice that has been making the rounds on social media urged Ugandans to withdraw their money from banks and mobile money before January 8th to avoid any inconveniences when the internet is switched off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"199991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mbu.ug\/2026\/01\/03\/ucc-debunks-internet-suspension-rumor\/g9u-5h3x0aaf2lg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbu.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9u-5H3X0AAF2lg.jpeg?fit=675%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"675,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"G9u-5H3X0AAF2lg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbu.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9u-5H3X0AAF2lg.jpeg?fit=448%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbu.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9u-5H3X0AAF2lg.jpeg?fit=675%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9u-5H3X0AAF2lg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199991\"  \/>The statement that UCC has regarded \u201cFAKE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll mobile money and Airtel money services will be switched off nationwide starting 8th January 2026,\u201d the notice read partly.<\/p>\n<p>Via X, UCC reveals that the notice is fake and was not issued by it, and that it should be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) alerts the public that a circulating notice is fake and not issued by the Commission. UCC only distributes official updates via verified channels. The public should ignore the fake notice and consult only official UCC channels for accurate updates.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Public Advisory<\/p>\n<p>The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) alerts the public that a circulating notice is fake and not issued by the Commission. UCC only distributes official updates via verified channels. The public should ignore the fake notice and consult only official UCC\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Mtfm7BxFZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2Mtfm7BxFZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UCC (@UCC_Official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCC_Official\/status\/2007375622201290805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has denied releasing a notice about the suspension of the internet on 8th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2428,2429,2430,2431,2432,2433,191,153,2434],"class_list":{"0":"post-2691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uganda","8":"tag-2026-general-elections-uganda","9":"tag-banks","10":"tag-general-elections","11":"tag-internet-shutdown-in-uganda","12":"tag-mobile-money-services","13":"tag-social-media","14":"tag-ucc","15":"tag-uganda","16":"tag-uganda-communications-commission-ucc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}