Tanzania, Uganda must aim to hold free and fair polls
Volunteers verify ballot boxes are intact ahead of the 2016 Uganda elections in Kampala. Electoral commissions in Tanzania and Uganda must work hard at being seen to be fair arbiters through free, fair and transparent elections. FILE PHOTO | AFP
Tanzania and Uganda have decided to brave the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic to hold general elections. Both countries are decidedly headed to polls scheduled for October this year and January 2021 respectively.
They are not alone. Burundi and South Korea have pulled off elections during the pandemic and, despite having the heaviest Covid-19 case load globally, the United States is on course to hold its own presidential poll in November.
