The fact that social media was blocked twice on election day in Uganda on February 18, 2016, and during the swearing in of the president in May 2016 discourages poet and human rights lawyer Kizza Ebron: 
Ukweli ni kwamba tarehe 18 Februari, 2016 siku ya uchaguzi katika nchi ya Uganda, mitandao ya kijamii ilizimwa mara mbili, na mwezi Mei siku rais anaapishwa mwanasheria wa haki za binadamu na muimbaji wa mashairi Kizza Ebron alizuiwa.