Ugandans Vote In Tense Presidential Election Amid Indefinite Internet Blackout

More than 21 million Ugandans are voting today in a high-stakes presidential election overshadowed by allegations of voter suppression, human rights violations and an internet shutdown.
Uganda’s Electoral Commission chief, Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama, ordered the immediate commencement of polls across all polling stations, shortly after reported delays and biometric machine malfunction in several polling stations across the country.
Polls was expected to open by 7am however reports from several parts of the capital, Kampala, and the city of Jinja said voting had yet to begin by 9am, with reports that ballot papers had not been delivered and biometric machines used to check voters’ identities were not working.