Without an official announcement from the government, Ugandans woke up on Sunday, 18 January 2026 to partial internet access after a nationwide blackout that began at 18:00 on Tuesday, 13 January. For nearly five days, four days and 6 hours, mobile data and public internet access remained cut across the country before and during the Thursday, 15 January general election.

Internet access was not restored until about eight hours after the announcement of the presidential elections results was internet restored on Saturday afternoon.

Following the midnight restoration, internet access remains limited. Social media platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook, X, and TikTok are still restricted, leaving users with basic web search, YouTube and general browsing only. Mobile money withdrawals and several financial services have not yet been restored.

Heavy deployed of security forces in several parts of the country are still in effect, with road access still limited in some areas.

…… tbc