The Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) has all legible voters not to boycott the 2016 polls and vote for the leaders of their choice.Speaking at the launch of the new voter campaign dubbed Votability, at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala the Executive Director Foundation for Human Rights Initiative who doubles as the head CEDDU Livingstone Ssewanyana asked Ugandans to always participate in all electoral processes give that such processes shape the nation’s destiny.
The chairperson of the Parliamentary Commitee on Human rights who is also the Mitooma District Woman Member of Parliment Jovah Kamateka called on all Ugandans to respect the electoral rules and guidelines if the process is to be fair and democratic.
The head of voter education in the Electoral Commission, Charles Mashate cautioned NGOs that will be accredited to oversee the election process not to overstep their mandate but instead work as per the agreed upon rules of monitoring elections.