Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 03 2021
Police and military personnel man a polling station in Rubaga Division in Kampala during the mayoral elections on January 20. PHOTO/RACHEL MABALA.
Summary
The observers were mandated to assess the level of inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability in the polling process.
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The just concluded presidential and parliamentary elections were characterised by widespread violence, intimidation and human rights abuses, observers attached to Pallisa Civil Society Organisations Network (Paconet), a non-government organisation, have said.
The organisation says it deployed 21 observers on long-term basis and 156 on short-term in Bukedi sub-region, which comprises the districts of Pallisa, Budaka, Busia, Tororo, Butaleja, Kibuku, and Butebo to monitor the elections.