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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 18 Feb 2016

    President Museveni: Social media shutdown "to stop people creating trouble" #UgandaDecides http://bbc.in/21aCOh6 pic.twitter.com/bR3rDjyyky

    4:51 AM - 18 Feb 2016
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      1. Joyce Jarwolo 🇱🇷‏ @JoyceKilikpo 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica oh really, no matter what he does let him allow the people of UG choice to lead.. he cant be in power perpetually! #UgandaDecides

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      1. Mak'Abonyo wycks‏ @makabonyowycks 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica somebody tel museveni trouble is himself

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      2. balekaki‏ @balekaki 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Now I confirm who Uganda's biggest problem is. This can't be called free & fair #UgandaDecides

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      1. Saad‏ @SaadCares 18 Feb 2016
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        @bbcafrica what an humane act of switching off s.m platforms. #Govtsuffocates

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      1. Anita Collins‏ @AnittaCollins 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Unfair.Incompetent.Fraudulent. Discriminatory.Dictatorial.Idiotic.Traitorous& Not4Ugandans #ElectoralCommission #UgandaDecides

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      1. Tamuno-Opubo Cookey-Gam‏ @TOpubo 20 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @whtsinit4Africa how is this even possible?

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      1. kawooya Steven‏ @paul_kakande 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica this man was a rebel, he is a thug but now technology has caught up with him, imagine the social media back lash he's receiving.

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      1. Alex Efa‏ @koEfa50 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @Amuthengi why citizens keep voting for these old f******* dictators

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      1. VINCENT O.O. OUMA‏ @voouma 18 Feb 2016
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        Ugandans forfeited any change in Presidency when they removed term limits. @KagutaMuseveni is life President.@BBCAfrica #UgandaDecides

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      1. Jesse James Wilson‏ @jjwills2 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica so no freedom of speech there

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      1. Martin Roy‏ @lukwagoroy 18 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @nbstv thanks be to God for these VPNs.

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