Army Patrols, Internet Shutdown Cast Pall Over Uganda Vote
- Ten candidates are seeking to end president’s 35-year-rule
- MTN Uganda suspends internet access following state directive
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Uganda held its hotly contested election Thursday as authorities stepped up security patrols and shut down the internet.
The vote pits pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, 38, against a man twice his age -- Yoweri Museveni, who’s been in power for 35 years and for three-quarters of Uganda’s youthful population is the only president they’ve known.