EAC, COMESA, IGAD to monitor Uganda polls

KAMPALA-A team of seventy observers from three Regional Economic Communities (RECs) was yesterday flagged off to start playing their observatory role in Uganda ahead of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections scheduled for next week.The first ever regional joint observer mission comprises of the East African Community (EAC), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
R - L Mahaboub Maalim, Patricia Hajabakiga and Beatrice Kiraso during the launch of the joint observer mission in Kampala, yesterday (Photo G Muramira)
R - L Mahaboub Maalim, Patricia Hajabakiga and Beatrice Kiraso during the launch of the joint observer mission in Kampala, yesterday (Photo G Muramira)
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