{"id":11992,"date":"2011-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/?p=11992"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T21:00:00","slug":"uganda-to-censor-text-messages-on-voting-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2011\/02\/uganda-to-censor-text-messages-on-voting-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda to censor text messages on voting day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KAMPALA, Feb 18 &#8211; Uganda\\&#8217;s telecom body said it had given orders to block all potentially explosive text messages on voting day Friday, including ones that contain the words &quot;Tunisia&quot; or &quot;Egypt&quot;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) this week directed all mobile phone providers to &quot;stop&quot; or &quot;block&quot; any text message that might &quot;incite the public,&quot; and provided companies a list of key words to watch out for.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Tunisia,&quot; &quot;Egypt,&quot; &quot;Mubarak,&quot; &quot;Dictator,&quot; &quot;Tear gas,&quot; and &quot;People Power&quot; all made the list, which was leaked to the media by the country\\&#8217;s main opposition coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The list\\&#8217;s authenticity was confirmed by the UCC spokesman, Paul Mwesigwa.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We advised (telecom companies) to monitor all messages containing these words,&quot; Mwesigwa told AFP Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Top opposition candidate Kizza Besigye has warned that Uganda is ripe for an Egypt-style anti-government uprising, but President Yoweri Museveni, expected to win Friday\\&#8217;s vote, ruled out the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the 13-term SMS watchlist are &quot;gun\/bullet&quot; and &quot;Ben Ali,&quot; a reference to Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the former Tunisian strongman ousted last month in a popular revolt, like Egypt\\&#8217;s Hosni Mubarak.<\/p>\n<p>Mwesigwa admitted however that the UCC &quot;doesn\\&#8217;t really have the capacity to screen messages,&quot; but, he added, &quot;we hope these private companies do.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Evidence suggests that the screening system is not yet operational, as one AFP journalist on Friday successfully transmitted the following message to a colleague, with both in Kampala: &quot;Egypt. 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