“They end up recruiting our youth into unlawful acts, acts of violence, aggregate confrontations, insecurity, destroying property and so on. We need to encourage our youth to resist, to avoid being used as foot soldiers in these nefarious, wrong activities. It is our duty to counsel them, to tell them they are better than what people think.” Justice Byabakama noted.
Justice Mukwaya rejected the witnesses after Nantaba’s Lawyer Ambrose Tibyasa cross-examined Nakwede. Nakwede told the court that all the witnesses and supplementary affidavits presented lacked credible evidence to support her claims in the petition.
Simon Byabakama, the Electoral Commission Chairperson said that in the wake of COVID-19, they will allow specific people like agents of candidates, EC officials and security personnel only at the polling stations.
According to the list that Uganda Radio Network has seen the USA Embassy has up to 70 people, while the British High Commission has submitted a list of 46 proposed observers.
The Mbale Deputy Mayor, Harriet Kakai also faults the Commission for ignoring voter education. According to Kakai, despite being a mayor, she has never heard of any voter induction meeting organized by the Commission in Mbale district when the next general elections are drawing closer.