Failed biometric machines delay vote in West Nile : vimarsan

Daily Monitor
Thursday January 14 2021
An election officer using a biometeric machine to verify names of the voters at Ssendis polling station in Rubaga North during the presidential and Parliamentary elections on January 14, 2021. PHOTO/RACHEL MABALA
Summary
In Koboko Municipality where the contest is a dead heat between ruling National Resistance Movement flag bearer, Dr Charles Ayume and Independent candidate Charles Yakani, voting started an hour late.
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Glitches of defective biometric voter machine and change in voters’ polling stations Thursday delayed the start of polls across West Nile.
As a result, voting started in most areas at least 2 hours after the official 7am opening hour.

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