Uganda: Elections

(asked on 3rd December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports of threats to the safety of opposition candidates in elections in Uganda, what assessment they have made of the prospects for conduct of a free and fair election in that country; and what support they are giving (1) to civil society organisations, and (2) to other organisations, to monitor these elections.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 21st December 2020

The UK continues to call on all parties to reject violence in relation to the recent elections, work to de-escalate the situation and to respect the rights of all Ugandans to express their views in a peaceful manner, as the Minister for Africa outlined in his tweet on 20 November. The British High Commissioner in Kampala has raised the importance of free and fair elections and respect for human rights directly with senior Government Ministers and will continue to do so. We are aware of a number of organisations that will be monitoring the upcoming elections in Uganda. As with previous years, staff at the British High Commission are planning to observe the election on the day.

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