Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Communications authorities blocked Internet service throughout the country ahead of its national elections to prevent "weaponization of the Internet."
President Yoweri Museveni, 81, is seeking his seventh term after ruling the country since 1986. He is expected to beat his main challenger, Bobi Wine, a pop singer with a young following.
Nyombi Thembo, head of the Uganda Communications Commission, said people "wanted to start using the Internet to promote hate speech," and that he didn't know when it would be back, The New York Times reported.
Museveni's critics say cutting the Internet was a way to prevent a protest organization if Wine loses Thursday's election.
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