Uganda bans election monitoring group

The authorities in Uganda have banned a coalition of more than 60 organisations formed to monitor the country’s 2021 general elections on grounds that it is illegal.

Uganda’s national bureau for non-governmental organisations said the national election watch-Uganda was not registered.

It also said some of the organisations under the group were neither registered nor had permits to operate in the country.

The bureau’s head, Stephen Okello, said the group should halt its activities with immediate effect, including issuing of statements.

Ugandans will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections in January 2021.