Human rights groups under African Elections Watch have condemned the militarisation of Ugandan elections that was held yesterday, calling it a mockery. "The African Elections Watch is concerned about the mockery of democratic principles and processes in the General Election underway in Uganda. Read MoreThey also faulted Ugandan authorities for denying election observers and interested parties a chance to observe the elections, but only allowed selected groups. Pulled outOn Wednesday, United States cancelled plans to deploy a diplomatic election observation mission, citing the electoral commission’s denial of most of its observation missions. European Union also had committed an election observation delegation but pulled out after US’s cancellation.

Source: Standard Digital January 14, 2021 20:01 UTC