Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2026-09-03 13:20:00
The High Court will soon commence the hearing of election petitions across the country. Every election season in Uganda produces more than winners and losers.
It also produces witnesses; ordinary citizens, voters, polling agents, journalists, presiding officers and others who dare to speak about what they saw during the electoral process.
Yet becoming a witness in an election petition can sometimes feel like signing up for persecution.
Witnesses may face intimidation, threats, bribery attempts, surveillance, arbitrary arrests, social pressure and economic retaliation. Some…
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