Uganda election: Bobi Wine and wife cast votes, Wine slams internet shutdown

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Uganda election: Bobi Wine and wife cast votes, Wine slams internet shutdown  Ugandan opposition candidate Bobi Wine slammed an internet shutdown as he cast his ballot on Thursday in the country's presidential election. Uganda's internet was shut down Tuesday by the government communications agency, which cited misinformation and electoral fraud as reasons for the shutdown.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/01/15/uganda-election-bobi-wine-and-wife-cast-votes-internet-shutdown-persists  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Casting his vote in the hopes of winning this time round.

00:05Ugandan opposition leader and presidential candidate Bobi Wine voted in the presidential

00:10election on Thursday.

00:12He went to the ballot box together with his wife, surrounded by police and supporters.

00:18Wine also denounced the internet shutdown by authorities just before the election started.

00:23The internet has been switched off across the country.

00:29This is done in order to facilitate the intended rigging of the regime otherwise why would the

00:37people of Uganda be denied the right to communicate and why the Ugandan election should be held

00:46in the dark.

00:49As the election is ongoing, many of our agents have been arrested and others are on the

00:57run.

00:58Our deputy president in charge of western Uganda, Jolie Jacqueline Tukamshaba, has been arrested

01:08and taken away to an unknown location.

01:12People that followed the car that picked her told us that it drove towards the army barracks.

01:20Despite the chaos at some polling stations, voters and supporters of Wine showed themselves

01:25optimistic when asked about the chances of winning for their candidate.

01:29Results from the elections are constitutionally required to be announced within 48 hours.

01:50Results from the elections are constitutionally required to be announced within 48 hours.

01:57Results from the general electionơi against unusual

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