Ngoobani oozwilakhe? Oorhulumente, imidiya yoluntu okanye zombini?

EUnited States, kuFacebook, kuTwitter nakwezinye iindlela zokunxibelelana zithintela uMongameli uTrump. E-US, iinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwephesha zifumene indlela yokucima iiseva kuthungelwano lweendaba zosasazo oluchasene neparler.

E-Uganda, uMongameli uYoweri Kaguta Museveni oneminyaka engama-76 ubudala Iqela elilawulayo le-NRM ngubani ofuna ikota yesithandathu elandelelanayo, eyalela amanethiwekhi eendaba ezentlalo ukuba ayeke ukusebenza eUganda ukunqanda ukugxekwa.

Kuba amaqonga eendaba ezentlalo athathwa njengeenkampani zabucala ngaphandle kokuyalelwa luluntu, ingozi ikwezo nzuzo zobuchwephesha ezenza uluvo loluntu. E-Uganda, ngokungazivumeli iinkampani ezinkulu zabucala ukuba zingene, oko kuthetha ukuba oorhulumente banokugcina iivoti ngokuphelisa ukufikelela koluntu kwiimbangi zezopolitiko.

Le yimeko enobungozi kungekuphela nje kwinkululeko yokuthetha eMelika, kodwa inesimo sehlabathi kwaye isetyenziselwe iminyaka ngoozwilakhe.

Ngexesha lentetho eboniswa kumabonakude kwisizwe kwiintsuku ezimbini ezidlulileyo kunyulo jikelele oluza kubanjelwa eUganda ngoJanuwari 14,2021, ngelixa Umongameli ophumayo wase-US uDonald Trump wayejamelene nokuvalwa kweendaba zosasazo, uMongameli waseUganda uYoweri Museveni owayeyalele ukuvalwa kweendaba zosasazo kuFacebook wayexhaswa yiKomishini yoNxibelelwano yaseUganda (UCC) eyakhupha umyalelo wokuba zonke iinkampani zonxibelelwano kunye nabaqhubi bayeke ukufikelela nokusetyenziswa kwazo zonke i-intanethi. Izicelo zemiyalezo kunye namaqonga eendaba ezentlalo asebenza kwangoko ade acetyiswe ngenye indlela.

Abaqhubi abaninzi ngokufanelekileyo bathumele iingxelo kubathengi babo abahloniphekileyo ngokusebenzisa amaqonga abo eendaba ezentlalo. Abaqhubi bendawo kubandakanya iAirtel, iMTN, iRoke Telkom, kunye nabanye babopheleleke kwimigaqo nemiqathango yeelayisensi zabo zokusebenza ezikhutshwe yi-UCC.

Olu phuhliso sisiphelo sombambano phakathi kweqela elilawulayo kurhulumente - iNational Resistance Movement (NRM) - kunye noFacebook kulandela ukususwa kweeakhawunti zabameli bakarhulumente ngezityholo zokuzibandakanya neCIB (Coordinated Inauthentic Behaeve) ukujolisa kwingxoxo yoluntu phambi unyulo ngokokutsho kweNtloko yezoNxibelelwano kuFacebook kwiAfrika esemaZantsi eSahara, uKezia Anim-Addo. 

UMongameli Museveni uthe, “Asifuni zifundo nakubani na. … Ndibalumkisile [kuFacebook] ndathi ukuba kufuneka isebenze eUganda, ngoko ke mayingabinamkhethe. Urhulumente uyivalile iFacebook. Ayinakuphepheka kwaye ayinyamezeleki. Abanakusigqibela ngokulungileyo nokubi. ”

Ukuvalwa kweendaba zosasazo bekuya kwenzeka ngaphandle kokujonga ukuba kwenzeka rhoqo kumjikelo wonyulo, eyokugqibela ikunyulo jikelele luka-2016. Abantu baseUganda sele beqhelene nokuvalwa okufana nokukudlula ngokukhuphela iNethiwekhi yangasese yangasese (VPN).

UMuseveni ujongene nabanye abaviwa abali-10 kulandela iphulo elibi, kunye neyona mbangi yakhe isondeleyo nguRobert Kyagulanyi AKA Bobi Wine.