The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Uganda, Ambassador Attilio Pacifici has said that the EU will not deploy election observers as Uganda votes in 2021.
The EU has been one of the biggest international election monitors in Uganda over the years, with more than 60 election observers in the country in the last general election held in 2016.
Ambassador Pacifici kgr`s news agency in Kampala that the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the electoral process and the plan to deploy observers in the country but that they will use the domestic mechanism of collaborating with the Electoral Commission and Civil Society Organisations to devise ways of supporting them to effectively monitor the upcoming election. Ambassador Attilio Pacifici speaking…..
The Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama on Tuesday made a pronouncement to ban open-air campaigns in the run-up to the 2021 general elections, saying that in order to comply with the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health to limit the spread of Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, the only campaign mode that will be allowed is using the media for all the candidates seeking elective positions. END
he Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama on Tuesday made a pronouncement to ban open-air campaigns in the run-up to the 2021 general elections, saying that in order to comply with the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health to limit the spread of Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, the only campaign mode that will be allowed is using the media for all the candidates seeking elective positions. END
