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Tommy interviews #Uganda politician, former presidential candidate, & musician @HEBobiwine about his brave fight against a military dictator; & how US assistance can prop up anti-democratic leaders.
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Tommy:
“This week you announced that you’re withdrawing your court case to challenge the Presidential election results, because the courts just aren’t independent. These are judges who work for Museveni. Given all the ways that he has rigged the system to stay in power,...
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EC excludes results from over 1,200 polling stations ⁦@DailyMonitor

“Thousands of votes cast at some 1,257 polling stations countrywide were not included in the presidential election results that the ⁦⁦@UgandaEC⁩ announced...”

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*Summary*
The most affected is Wakiso District where of the 1,434 polling stations, the EC final results excluded tallies from as many as 271, according to our analysis of the official results

Thousands of votes cast at some 1,257 polling stations countrywide were not...
...included in the presidential election results that the Electoral Commission (EC) announced on Saturday, this newspaper can reveal.

The most affected is Wakiso District where of the 1,434 polling stations, the EC final results excluded tallies from as many as 271, according...
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Uganda's Yoweri Museveni looked headed for a sixth term as president with election results Saturday placing him firmly ahead of his main rival, who has cried fraud and whose home has been put under heavy guard
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#BREAKING Museveni wins Uganda election with 59 percent of vote: official Image
VIDEO: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni wins a sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote, in an election disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine who trailed with 34.8 percent, the electoral commission says
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At a press conference at his home in Kampala, opposition leader @HEBobiwine says the Museveni regime has been planning for the “worst rigging” in the history of Uganda. In some parts of Uganda, he says voters were given pre-filled ballots. #UgandaDecides2021
@HEBobiwine alleges that media houses have been ordered not report irregularities and that military has been deployed to newsrooms. He alleges that the electoral commission has been captured by the Museveni regime.
@HEBobiwine says he is confident “we defeated the dictator by far.” He then called on “all Ugandans to reject the blatant usurpation of their voice.”
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Uganda's election starts in just a couple hours.

Meanwhile, its citizens can't get online due to a state-orchestrated #internetshutdown.

This is a severe breach of human rights ‼️ We call on President @KagutaMuseveni to #KeepitOn #UgandaDecides2021
Yesterday, the Ugandan Communication Commission ordered ISPs to:

- block social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Playstore Apps
- block over 100 VPNs (circumvention tools), making it impossible to avoid the censorship
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The government has effectively cut off millions of people off from each other and the world.

#KeepitOn #UgandaDecides2021
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Ahead of the Ugandan election, we're hearing reports that Internet service providers are being ordered to block social media and messaging apps.

We strongly condemn internet shutdowns – they are hugely harmful, violate basic human rights and the principles of the #OpenInternet.
Earlier this week, in close coordination with our peers, we suspended a number of accounts targeting the election in Uganda.

If we can attribute any of this activity to state-backed actors, we will disclose to our archive of information operations:
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Access to information and freedom of expression, including the public conversation on Twitter, is never more important than during democratic processes, particularly elections.

#UgandaDecides2021 #KeepItOn

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What are @HEBobiwine chances of this and that.....? NOTHING!
He is shaking the tree - the loose branches will drop. Nature will take its course. History and time is on his side.
The competition for power is not a zero sum game. The avenue through which it is done, politics, is a zero-sum status game. #UgandaDecides2021
Weak and fragile systems have no mechanisms to test and falsify ideas. The outcome is death! #UgandaDecides2021
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