Rarieda Member of Parliament Otiende Amollo has announced he will lead the United Kingdom’s Election Observation Mission slated for Thursday, July 4, 2024.
The ODM stalwart will lead a team from 19 observer states and territories including Kenya, Malawi, St Lucia, State of Alderney, New South Wales, Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, State Assembly of Jersey and Grenada.
Others are Sri Lanka, Parliament of Turks and Caicos, Malta, Lesotho, Mauritius, Parliament of Kitts & Nevis, State of Deliberation, Guernsey, Parliament of St Lucia, Parliament of Anguilla and the United Kingdom.
“I welcome this opportunity to work with Commonwealth parliamentarians to observe the 2024 General Election in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2024. I know from my own experience that election missions play an important role in strengthening democracies,” MP Otiende Amollo said.
The observer team is set to take note of the democratic process and make recommendations in line with democratic best practices.
Amollo reaffirmed that the election observer team will maintain a neutral stand throughout the process.
“We look forward to observing electoral practices in a variety of contexts, regions and nations, reflecting the diversity of the United Kingdom itself,” he stated.
Voting began at 7:00 am and will end at 10:00 pm as Britain gets to elect their next Prime Minister and Parliament. The majority party (at least 326) MPs will form government.
In this election, incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party faces off against Keir Starmer of the Labour Party.
