The internet plays a vital role in documenting accountability of election results during national elections.
Uganda faced a 4 day internet shut down during the national elections of 2021 until the declaration of results.
From this past experience, many Ugandans are expecting the same thing to happen in the 2026 national elections.
However, the officials representing the body in charge of communications in Uganda, The Ugandan Communications Commission have denied the concerns by the Citizens that there will be an internet shut down.
What makes you realize they will shut down internet is the fact that,they have not got official communications from the Government,meaning the Shut down is coming.
Ugandans have been downloading Bitchat which operates using Bluetooth but not internet, UCC however says it is not as encrypted as the users think.
So the question is,Will Ugandans be ready for another internet shutdown?
