January 7, 2021 Electoral Commission (EC) dispatching polling materials
After casting their ballots, voters will not be allowed to witness the vote counting at polling stations, the Electoral Commission has announced. Uganda goes to polls next week on January 14 to elect the president (11 candidates) and members of parliament.
According to the Electoral Commission chairperson Simon Byabakama, only a few people like agents of candidates, EC officials and security personnel will be allowed at the polling stations during the vote counting process so as to observe the coronavirus Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs). Byabakama made the remarks at a ceremony to dispatch polling materials.
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Interestingly, the same health experts the EC cites, last week called for another lockdown ahead of the Christmas holidays to limit transmission but government objected the call, saying now people must take individual responsibility by observing the recommended standard operating procedures of social distancing, face mask-wearing and handwashing.
The opposition has often pointed out that while government insists on limiting mass gatherings at political gatherings other mass events and places like weddings, burials, markets continue to attract masses without any police intervention.
Below is the full statement from Electoral Commission
Following the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the government, in March 2020, announced a package of measures to fight and contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. The measures included closing of educational institutions, places of worship, banning of large political gatherings, cultural groups, large wedding ceremonies and buria
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