Uganda: Uganda Elections 2011 on Twitter · Global Voices
Ndesanjo Macha

This post is part of our special coverage Uganda: Walk to Work Protests.
Ugandans will go to the polls tomorrow for presidential and parliamentary elections. The main candidates for the presidential race are President Yoweri Museveni, Dr. Kizza Besigye and Norbert Mao.
Twitter users are busy talking about the elections using the #ugandavotes hashtag.
RedPepperUG tweets:
NEWS: Police deny sending out messages advising people in Kampala to stockpile foodstuffs during election period #Ugandavotes
The future is uncertain:
I can feel the heart beats of Ugandans as we head for uncertainty. No one knows the future of Uganda, after tomorrow. #ugandavotes
No one knows what will happen this weekend:
Everyone we ask about what ia going to happen this weekend says the same thing: I have no idea?! #ugandavotes
People are withdrawing money fearing chaos:
@easyTyzee sadly stuck >bank..pple withdrawing.. scared of chaos, then cowards like @MrKaraIII had to go to village. #ugandavotes
Most people are leaving Kampala:
Just driven thru Kampala from Namanve to Wandegeya, seems like half of Kampalans are out of town #Ugandavotes
The capital city is empty:
It seems the exodus has begun. This town is wonderfully empty. #ugandavotes
If people are leaving Kampala, then who will vote there?:
Okay let us say it is true people are indeed fleeing kampala. Does that mean that voter turnout in kamapala will be low? #Ugandavotes
Are people really running away from Kampala?:
The whole idea that people are “escaping kampala” is misleading. We forgotten that many people registered to vote upcountry? #Ugandavotes
Wars and rumors of wars:
There will be war and rumors of war. #ugandavotes. Industrial Area strike: not election related. Gumisiriza accident: not election related.
Elections come with new bus fares:
Bus fares go up as Ugandans return home to vote. e.g. to Mbarara increased from 30k to 50k, to masindi from 12k-30k #ugandavotes
Send SMS reports to UgandaWatch:
DEMGroup: “People are free to send their messages to 6090, they will not be followed up by anyone other than UgandaWatch.” #ugandavotes
UgandaWatch uses Ushahidi:
#Ugandan election watch using @Ushahidi crowd sourcing technology ugandawatch2011.org #Uganda #UgandaVotes #Africa #Uganda2011
“Votes market” exists:
Most expensive #election ever. voter bribery key #Uganda election. At dusk votes market will be well workin #Ugandavotes @vote4Africa.
You never know what Uganda will do next:
Uganda is like that guy who's high for the very first time…YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO NEXT!#ugandavotes
Two people die from election-related violence:
.@UgInsomniac info we have is that 2 people died in clashes b/w Gumi + Kyooma supporters, situation still v tense #ugandavotes
Another incident:
Uganda MP just shot an opposition candidates supporter #ugandavotes
Follow @rbaguma:
Follow Raymond Baguma (@rbaguma). He will have updates from Kiruhura where the president will be casting his vote.
Museveni's ringtone:
Speaking of Elections. I just heard that Museveni's ringtone when Besigye calls him is NO LOVE by Eminem. #Ugandavotes
Government should not block communication:
DEMGroup: “We condemn any plan to block communication, that is not democracy and we condemn it in the strongest terms” #ugandavotes
Uganda is not like Egypt:
M7 [Museveni]: ‘I am the biggest enemy of dictators’. Rejects all comparison with Egypt, Tunisia #ugandavotes
Will Uganda pay the price for ignoring the poor?:
How else do you explain the Egypt situation, 100 times richer than Uganda? they ignored the ‘other citizens’ and paid the price #Ugandavotes
Pray for Uganda:
Pray for my beloved homeland Uganda. I hope all remains peaceful and calm as we exercise our right to democracy tomorrow. #UgandaVotes
This post is part of our special coverage Uganda: Walk to Work Protests.