[UgaBYTES] NRM registration goes hi-tech

[Mwathi Francis]

Hi Polly,

The registration process as it is common with politics was riddled
with controversy (e.g read this blog
http://ugandansatheart.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/wafula-explains-nrms-8-million-kiwani-voters-and-term-limits-in-fdc/)
and it is true that there is a possibility of voters changing their
allegiance between now and the election time.

Anyway the purpose of this exercise according to NRM is to help the
party plan for voter sensitisation better  as well as trying to
eliminate cases of double registration through the use of technology
(biometric system, which registers the human fingerprints and faces)
during party primary elections.

On 1/18/10, Polly Gaster <polly.gaster at uem.mz> wrote:
> I find this rather strange - the NRM is free to use whatever system it likes
> to register its members, but how can that have anything to do with the voter
> registration system, which is completely independent and nothing to do with
> party affiliation?
>
> Or is it a way of suggesting that once you are signed up as a member of NRM
> you can't change your mind and vote for someone else...
>
> Explanations, please, from those who understand better?
>
> Polly
>
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