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EAC Observer report handed over to Sezibera

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The Chairperson of the East Africa Community (EAC) Election Observer Mission to Uganda Ali Hassan Mwinyi, recently handed over the final observation report of Uganda’s presidential elections to the EAC Secretary General Dr Richard Sezibera.

HE Mwinyi, a former President of Tanzania, led the 50-man team that was in Uganda from February 9 to observe the February 18 presidential elections and over the weekend presented to Amb Sezibera the report at his home in Dar es Salaam.

The Mission’s mandate was to observe the overall electoral environment, pre-election activities, the polling day, the counting and tallying of results.

20160423_155857H.E. Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Former President of the United Republic of Tanzania and Amb. Dr Richard Sezibera, EAC Secretary General in discussion

“I was very happy to observe the patience and orderliness with which the people of Uganda conducted her General Elections,” Mr Mwinyi said, adding: “These and many other things that have also been highlighted in the report can be used as benchmarks for which other countries can borrow good practices from.

Receiving the report the Secretary General thanked Mr Mwinyi for his leadership and commitment to the EAC Elections Observers Mission, and noted that: “the cooperation between the EAC and other stakeholders led to sustainable peace in the country.”

The report consists of recommendations to streamline and improve the electoral process for future in Uganda, and will be submitted to, among others, the Electoral Commission of Uganda, through the EAC Council of Ministers for consideration. 

The members of the EAC Election Observer Mission were drawn from different but complementary disciplines and include: members of the East African Legislative Assembly, delegates from four Partner States (Kenya, United Republic Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi), EAC Youth Ambassadors, Mission Leader, Mission Coordinator, one EAC Executive Staff and technical officers from the Secretariat as well as EALA.

 

The EAC Observer Mission was a response to the invitation of the Uganda Electoral Commission as well as the decision of the EAC Council of Ministers on observation of elections in the Partner States.

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