Uganda to Use Biometric Verification Machines for Elections

Uganda's electoral commission plans to meet next week with representatives of the country's eight presidential candidates, political parties and stakeholders to explain its decision to use a biometric system to verify voters in the February 18 general election. This would be the first time that the electoral body employs a biometric system, which uses human body characteristics to confirm a person's identity. Jotham Taremwa, a spokesman for the electoral commission, says...

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