Uhuru ally Pauline Njoroge among Commonwealth Expert Team to observe elections in Bangladesh
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Jubilee Party's Deputy Organising Secretary Pauline Njoroge selected among ten Commonwealth Expert Team to monitor the January 7 elections in Bangladesh
Jubilee Party’s Deputy Organising Secretary Pauline Njoroge selected among ten Commonwealth Expert Team to monitor the January 7 elections in Bangladesh.
Njoroge was chosen, along with nine other experts from other nations, to be a member of the Commonwealth Expert Team (CET).
The Bangladesh Election Commission requested that Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, choose the team, which is led by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
According to a report by digital strategist Wahome Thuku, CET would have meetings with a number of organizations prior to the polls, including civic society, the police, and political parties.
Occasionally, the Commonwealth Secretariat selects eminent individuals from particular fields and its member states to serve as election observers.
Njoroge is a well-known figure in digital media who also serves as a consultant on communication for a number of organizations.
In addition, she serves as Jubilee’s deputy national organizing secretary. Jubilee is led by Former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Bangladesh will hold its 12th election since 1971 when it declared its independence from Pakistan.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power since 2009, is expected to retain her position in an election projected to be marred with controversy.
Hasina of the ruling Awami League is the 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh and daughter of the founding father and first President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
She looks set to be re-elected for a fourth straight parliamentary term, with international media houses reporting that the main opposition parties plan to boycott the poll after its leaders were arrested and jailed.
Opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), argued that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may not hold a free and fair election as she was keen on retaining power by all means necessary.
“Democracy is dead in Bangladesh… what we are going to see in January is a fake election,” Abdul Moyeen Khan, a top opposition leader, told UK’s BBC.
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