| As Uganda Cut
Internet for Election UN No
Answers to Inner City Press Now
Canned Goot
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
Jan 22 – As the Internet was
cut off in Uganda in the run
up to the January 15 election,
Inner City Press in writing
asked UN Spokespeople Stephane
Dujarric and Melissa Fleming,
cc-ing SG Antonio Guterres,
"What are the
comments and actions if any of
SG Guterres and separately USG
Fleming and Ian Phillips, on
that in Uganda, the internet
was cut off ahead of the
presidential and legislative
elections on January 15th. The
final day of campaigning
before the presidential and
parliamentary elections in
Uganda on Thursday, January
15, was marked by a nationwide
internet blackout. Yoweri
Museveni, the incumbent
president who has been in
power for 40 years, is seeking
his seventh consecutive term.
His main opponent is Bobi
Wine."
That was on
January 14; there was no
answer.
On January
15, Inner City Press asked 30
at the UN:
"On Uganda what
are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on that
Uganda election disrupted by
technical problems, a
"deliberate" move by the
government, according to the
opposition Technical problems
are disrupting voting
operations for the
presidential and parliamentary
elections in Uganda on January
15, 2026, affecting even the
vote for the head of state.
The opposition denounces a
" deliberate "
action by the executive branch
to allow Yoweri Museveni to
remain in power after forty
years of rule."
No answer. On
January 16, cc-ing others too,
Inner City Press asked
On Uganda
AGAIN what are the
comments and actions if any of
SG Guterres on that tensions
are rising in the aftermath of
the presidential and
legislative elections. Bobi
Wine's party claims that the
opposition leader is
surrounded in his home,
effectively under house
arrest. The opposition also
accuses the army of killing
ten of its supporters in
Butambala, in the center of
the country. The police deny
this, claiming self-defense.
Final results are expected on
January 17."
No answer at all.
No one they let into the UN
and briefing room asked
anything about Uganda. And
Museveni claimed his seventh
"win," 40 years in power like
Paul Biya in Cameroon, another
ally of Guterres.
Days later on
January 22, after Guterres
fled Switzerland before Davos,
this: "At today's noon
briefing, Stéphane Dujarric,
Spokesman for the
Secretary-General, provided
the following update on the
post‑election situation in
Uganda: "The
Secretary‑General is following
with concern the post‑election
situation in Uganda, including
reports of arrests, detentions
and violent incidents
involving opposition figures
and supporters. He notes the
importance of restraint by all
actors and respect for the
rule of law and Uganda’s
international human rights
obligations, including the
right to freedom of
expression, association and of
peaceful
assembly.
He stresses the importance of
due process and humane
treatment for all those in
custody, and underscores the
need to safeguard civic
space." Too little, too late.
The UN
denied Inner City Press'
application to enter and ask,
with no reason given. Another
Museveni. UN Betrayals book here
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