Ugandan
election observers are demanding for fair and participatory electoral process
in order to make their votes matter in the final process come 2021.
Addressing
journalists today at the launch of the new mechanism to monitor the 2021 electoral road map dubbed, the
citizens electoral roadmap tracker, the national coordinator CEDDU, Chrispy Kaheru says, the new monitoring system run by a consortium
of electoral observer groups in their new force dubbed, The game changer emphasize
the need to have citizens involved in all electoral processes and not only the
final voting process.
The add that
leaving out the citizens renders the whole electoral process un fair hence the
increased chances of having a poor election.
He also
notes that, the game changers will keep on tracking the electoral process as
launched and declared by the electoral commission and will keep the public
updated on what has been attained and what has failed as a way of giving
accountability to the citizens.
Teopista
Nankya and Micheal Aboneka all members of the game changer platform express
their gratitude to the launch of the citizens electoral roadmap tracker saying,
it will be used to monitor the implementation of the roadmap activities,
highlight the milestones achieved along the line, raise a red lag on any
omission or delays by the specified stakeholders and call on them to action.
They further
give examples basing on the roadmap, of the cut-off date for the creation and
demarcation of new administrative units and local governments which was meant
for October 30th 2018 and yet they see pronouncements of the
creation of new administrative units which according to them this has a great
negative impact on planning for elections.
Uganda hopes
to hold her general elections come 2021.
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Some of the
processes in the 2021 electoral
roadmap include, re-arranging and demarcating polling stations and
constituencies, re-arranging the voters register among other processes that
lead to the final voting, counting and announcing of winners.
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