KAMPALA: Uganda's presidential election was conducted in an intimidating atmosphere and the East African nation's electoral commission is not independent, European Union observers said on Saturday, criticising a poll the opposition has disputed.
"The EC (electoral commission) lacks independence, transparency and the trust of stakeholders," Eduard Kukan, chief observer for the EU mission, told reporters in Kampala. A woman casts her vote in the Uganda elections. European Union observers have said the poll was conducted in an intimidating atmosphere and have cited lack of independence in the nation's electoral body. (PHOTO: COURTESY)
He said the dominance of the political space by President Yoweri Museveni's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party "distorted the fairness of the campaign and state actors created an intimidating atmosphere for both voters and candidates".
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