The government is contemplating introducing legislation that will make it mandatory for the Electoral Commission (EC) to use technology in the management of elections starting with the 2026 elections.
Dr Chris Baryomunsi, the Information and Communication Technology and National Guidance minister, told Saturday Monitor that the idea has been gaining traction since September 12 when President Museveni claimed that the biggest Opposition party, the National Unity Platform (NUP), had rigged the 2021 General Election.
“Basically what is even coming is that we are going to make use of biometric technology mandatory so that the electoral system should be able to verify all the voters and be satisfied that before you cast the vote you are actually a registered voter,” Dr Baryomunsi said.
President Museveni, while speaking at the close of the first Defence Expo organised in memory of the late former Internal Affairs minister and Army Commander, Gen Aronda Nyakairima, claimed that NUP got one million votes more than it mustered during the 2021 poll.
Mr Museveni also claimed that the rigging was made possible because the EC chose to proceed with the polls even after the biometric machines that had been meant to assist with voter verification and identification broke down.
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