Somalia’s electoral officials undergo training on electoral security “The success of Somalia will be the success of Africa and will ultimately contribute to our continental aspiration of achieving Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want,”
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Halima Ismail Ibrahim, the Chairperson of Somalia’s National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC), addresses participants during the opening ceremony of a workshop on Electoral Security and Dispute Resolution in Kampala, Uganda. The workshop was organized by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
Participants attend a workshop on Electoral Security and Dispute Resolution in Kampala, Uganda. The workshop was organized by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
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ampala – To ensure Somalia is fully prepared for one-person one-vote universal elections in 2020/2021, AMISOM organised a workshop on electoral security and dispute resolution for senior government officials involved in election planning and Management. The four-day workshop opened on 16 June in the Ugandan capital, Kampala and aimed at developing a common strategy on how to organise and manage the country’s next elections to ensure they are peaceful, credible and inclusive. Uganda’s Electoral Commission Chairman, Justice Simon Byabakama, who opened the workshop, emphasised the importance of security in holding successful elections that were peaceful and credible.
Justice Byabakama said the electorates must be secured to enable them to exercise their right to vote. “The entire process of organising and conducting elections is a multi-stakeholder responsibility requiring that each one renders total support and cooperation to all the efforts in place to realise the desired goal,” he observed. Somalia plans to hold the next elections through universal adult suffrage, unlike the previous ones, which were based on the clan system. AMISOM is currently supporting Somalia to develop its capacity by training and providing technical support to the National Independent Electoral Commission of Somalia (NIEC) and other critical government agencies in election planning
Simon Byabakama (left), Chairperson of the Uganda Electoral Commission addresses participants during the opening ceremony of a workshop on Electoral Security and Dispute Resolution in Kampala, Uganda. The workshop was organized by the African Union Mission in Somalia
