Uganda has ordered phone companies to intercept text messages with words or phrases including "Egypt", "bullet," and "people power" ahead of Friday's elections that some fear may turn violent.
The other English words or phrases on the list are: "Tunisia", "Mubarak", "dictator", "teargas", "army", "police", "gun", "Ben Ali" and "UPDF".
Insane? Uganda, eh...what you up to?!
Read more here.
Do also read my post here 'Kisanja: Burn it or Embrace it?' from November on the elections in Uganda.
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