US EditionVoting Begins in Uganda’s Presidential Election During Internet Shutdown and Delays
Voting faced delays from biometric failures amid heavy security and arrests, with 21.6 million registered voters participating under a government-imposed internet blackout.
- On Thursday, Uganda's presidential election experienced widespread delays and a days-long internet shutdown critics called anti-democratic, disrupting services including banking.
- Malfunctioning biometric voter identification machines forced the national electoral commission to instruct polling officers to use paper registration records, with polls scheduled to close at 4 p.m. Thursday.
- Umaru Mutyaba, polling agent, described long waits as `frustrating` at a Kampala station, while impatient polling crowds gathered Thursday and Ssemujju Nganda, opposition lawmaker, waited three hours.
- Heavy security, including military units deployed on the streets, and the suspension of civic groups, including That Group's office closure after interior ministry allegations, have raised transparency concerns as results must meet the constitutional 48-hour deadline.
- The election's stakes include Museveni's bid to extend a multi-decade presidency into a fifth decade; President Yoweri Museveni, 81, faces seven candidates including Robert Kyagulanyi, while Amnesty International cited a Nov. 28 rally repression.
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