Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mobile money agent Mirembe Tracy laments that her business in Uganda's bustling capital Kampala was paralysed when the government shut the internet during last week's fiercely contested general election.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As an internet blackout was imposed in the days leading up to Uganda's January 2026 elections, a video circulating on social media purported to show vote rigging in favour of President Yoweri Museveni.