Electoral Commission awards 2021 ballot printing contracts to foreign firms, invites candidates' agents to observe

According to the Daily Monitor, the Electoral Commission announced that ballot papers for the 2021 elections would be printed by firms in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, South Africa and the UK, with the presidential and directly elected MP ballots going to United Printing and Publishing (Abu Dhabi). EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama invited the 11 presidential candidates and parties to nominate agents to observe printing abroad at their own cost. Local printers said they had been unfairly excluded and had petitioned the PPDA.