"Notably, effective media coverage of the general elections in Uganda was curtailed by the internet shutdown as pointed out by 80% of the respondents. On the whole, the shutdown had negative impact on both the quality and quantity of the news output. For example, Mobile money services were interrupted, so the means to facilitate journalists with fares, lunch, wages were equally curtailed which impacted greatly on the quality and timeliness of news and information. Other specific impacts included: it made it harder to effectively communicate the news in full; affected timely delivery of the news as they sought other ways that were slower than using the internet channel; made it complicated to research and reference other news items; they’re not able to share and fully document information; access to news was affected because of the delayed delivery." (Executive summary)