Ugandan politician and opposition leader Bobi Wine is encouraging voters to download Jack Dorsey's decentralized peer-to-peer messaging service Bichat in the run-up to the country's elections, claiming the ruling party will try to cut off communications services. During the 2016 election, Uganda's long-time president Yoweri Museveni blocked access to the internet and social media for all citizens, citing security and safety concerns, and did so again in 2021, according to a report by the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network.