Uganda: EC Unveils Polling Biometric Verification System Amid Concerns

19 January 2016

Kampala — The Electoral Commission has unveiled a biometric system to verify voters during the February 18 presidential and subsequent polls amid concerns by stakeholders about its timing and applicability.

Described as a mile stone by the electoral body, the announcement that Uganda will for the first time in history employ the system comes less than a month to the commencement of the much anticipated national elections.

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