New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- President Yoweri Museveni and his political opponents in Uganda held their final rallies on Tuesday before an election that authorities will oversee with soldiers in the streets - deployments that have alarmed opposition figures who see signs of the authoritarianism they want to do away with.

The Uganda Communications Commission on Tuesday directed mobile internet providers to temporarily suspend services less than 48 hours before the election, citing misinformation, electoral fraud and incitement of violence. Restoration of internet services will only be done after the commission issues a notice to providers, according to a letter to the internet companies.

Museveni, Africa's third-longest governing president, see...