Internet shutdown for Uganda election
Citizens now wait for business to return to normal
21 January 2021 - 17:24
Nairobi/Kampala — When Uganda ordered an internet shutdown on the eve of the presidential election, groundnut seller Susan Tafumba’s trade collapsed.
The 34-year-old sells groundnuts at Kampala’s Nakawa market, but much of her business now comes through a mobile phone app that customers use to order goods to be delivered to them by motorcycle taxis...
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